760 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



Posterior tibiae clothed with long fine appressecl hairs above. 

 Forewings with vein 7 to hindmargin, 2 from before angle of cell. 

 Hindwings normal. 



Allied nearly to Coesyra, of which it is a development, differing 

 by the rough projecting scales of the second joint of palpi, which do 

 not however form a definite tuft. 

 la. With a dark fuscous costal streak; cilia 



yellow 301. Isabella. 



lb. Without costal streak ; cilia fuscous 302. eritima. 



301. Coer. Isabella, Newm. 



(Oecophora Isabella, Newm., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. III. (n. s.), 

 295, PI. XVIII.) 



Minor, alis ant. flavis, striga costae abbreviata saturate fusca, 

 fascia postica angusta cum altera marginis postici inferius conjuncta 

 purpureis, ciliis flavis ; post, dilutius fuscis. 



<J Q. 17-19 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous-yellow ; 

 second joint of palpi externally more or less dark fuscous except 

 at apex. Antennae grey, towards base yellowish. Abdomen 

 grey, sides and apex whitish-ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, posterior 

 tibiae pale yellowish. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 

 apex pointed, hindmargin almost straight, very oblicpie; ochreous- 

 yellow ; a narrow dark fuscous streak along costa from base to §, 

 attenuated to both extremities ; a moderate light purple steak, 

 margined with dark fuscous, from | of costa to £ of inner margin, 

 connected on inner margin with a similar streak along hindmargin 

 from apex to anal angle : cilia ochreous-yellow. Hindwings and 

 cilia rather light fuscous. 



Brisbane and Toowoomba (2000 feet), Queensland; Murrurundi 

 and Sydney, New South Wales ; Melbourne, Victoria; common 

 from August to October, in grassy places. 



302. Coer. eritima, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. flavis, fascia postica angusta cum altera marginis 

 postici inferius conjuncta purpureis, ciliis fuscis ; post, fuscis. 



