7-10 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



Minor, alis ant. sericeis, ameo-ochreis, costa anguste nivea ; post, 

 dilute griseis ; capillis niveis. 



J" $. 15-17 mm. Head brassy-ochreous, mixed with white, 

 sidetufts snow-white. Palpi dark grey mixed with white, above 

 snow-white. Antennas grey. Thorax brassy-ochreous. Abdomen 

 light grey. Legs dark grey, posterior pair grey- whitish. Fore- 

 wings elongate, slightly dilated, costa almost straight, apex round- 

 pointed, hindmargin slightly sinuate, very oblique ; shining brassy- 

 ochreous ; costa narrowly snow-white from near base to \ : cilia 

 shining brassy whitish-ochreous. Hindwings light grey ; cilia 

 grey- whitish. 



Sydney and Blackheath (3500 feet), New South Wales, from 

 September to November, and in January ; common. 



275. Prot. chalcaspis, n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. sericeis, aeneo-ochreis, costa anguste nivea ; 

 post, dilute griseis ; capillis saturatius ochreis. 



£. 19-20 mm. Head and thorax deep yellowish-ochreous. Palpi 

 dark fuscous, above white. Antennae grey. Abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish. Legs dark grey, posterior pair whitish. Forewings 

 elongate, costa hardly arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin 

 straight, very oblique ; shining brassy-ochreous ; costa narrowly 

 white from near base to f : cilia shining brassy whitish-ochreous. 

 Hindwings light grey ; cilia grey-whitish. 



Separable from P. consuetella by the wholly ochreous head ; 

 otherwise very similar, but a larger and somewhat duller insect. 



Sydney and Blackheath (3o00 feet), New South Wales, in 

 November ; very common in the mountain locality, but rare lower 

 down. 



276. Prot. cava, Butl. 



(Zacorus cams, Butl., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1882, 103.) 



Major, alis ant. sericeis, candidis ; post, dilute griseis. 



£. 24-26 mm. Head, palpi, antenna), and thorax snow-white; 



face and anterior side of palpi dark grey. Abdomen light grey. 



Legs dark grey, posterior pair grey-whitish. Forewings elongate, 



