752 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



289. Pleur. crassinervis, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. saturatius fuscis, venis marginibusque suffusis 

 flavidis ; post, griseis. 



£ 9- 13-15 ram. Head brownish-ochreous, side-tufts ochreous- 

 whitish. Palpi dark-fuscous, upper hairs of second joint, and apical 

 | of terminal joint whitish. Antennae grey. Thorax yellowish- 

 ochreous, back mixed with deep fuscous. Abdomen dark grey. 

 Legs grey, anterior pair dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa 

 gently arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin straight, very 

 oblique ; rather dark fuscous ; all veins and margins suffusedly 

 lined with light ochreous-yellow, sometimes partially confluent ; 

 cilia fuscous, somewhat mixed with yellowish. Hindwings grey ; 

 cilia light grey. 



Allied to P. protogramma, but suffused with dark fuscous 

 except on veins. 



Sydney, New South "Wales ; locally common in pasture-fields, in 

 August and September. 



290. Pleur. brevivittella, Walk. 



(Tkema brevivitella, Walk. 802.) 



Minor, alis ant. dilute flavis, striga e basi in discum medium 

 percurrente, altera dorsi, fasciis duabus posticis in costa ac sub disco 

 connexis, tertia marginis postici fuscis ; post, fulvis saturatiusve 

 fuscis. 



£. 12-13 mm. Head pale yellow. Palpi dark fuscous, upper 

 hairs of second joint and apical f of terminal joint above yellowish- 

 whitish. Antennae dark grey. Thorax light yellow, with a dark 

 fuscous central stripe. Abdomen dark grey, apex ochreous-yellow. 

 Legs dark fuscous, posterior pair ochreous- whitish. Forewings 

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

 straight, very oblique; light ochreous-yellow; markings ochreous- 

 fuscous irrorated with dark fuscous ; a moderate streak from base 

 of costa to middle of disc, meeting first fascia, and another along 

 inner margin to f ; a narrow fascia from beyond middle of costa to 

 middle of inner margin, and a second from f of costa to anal angle, 



