762 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



$ £. 9-11 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and 

 legs fuscous ; palpi becoming whitish-ochreous above ; apex of 

 tarsal joints whitish. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, 

 apex pointed, hindmargin extremely obliquely rounded ; light 

 greyish-fuscous irrorated with dark fuscous ; a small obscure 

 whitish-ochreous spot on inner margin before anal angle : cilia 

 light greyish-fuscous, irrorated and terminally suffused with dark 

 fuscous. Hindwings rather dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous. 



One of the smallest and most obscure species of the family. 



Sydney, Blackheath (3500 feet), and Wollongong, New South 

 Wales, from September to November, locally not uncommon. 



50. Aristeis, Meyr. 



Head smooth, sidetufts small, appressed. Antennae in £ 

 moderately stout, biciliated with long dense cilia (3), basal joint 

 short, stout, without pecten. Palpi short, second joint not reaching 

 base of antennae, rather slender, with appressed scales, terminal 

 joint less than half second, hardly more slender, oblique. Thorax 

 smooth. Forewings elongate, hindmargin oblique. Hindwings as 

 broad as forewings, elongate-ovate, hindmargin rounded, cilia -|. 

 Abdomen moderate. Posterior tibiae with moderately long hairs 

 above. Forewings with vein 7 to hindmargin, 2 from somewhat 

 before angle of cell. Hindwings normal. 



A development of Ccesyra, with some relation to Ocystola, but 

 abundantly distinct from either. 



304. Arist. chrysoteuches, n. sp. 



Parva, alis ant. aurantiacis, fascia postica incurvata ciliisque 

 saturatius purpureo-fuscis; post, nigrescentibus. 



£. 12 mm. Head and antennae dark fuscous. Palpi dark 

 fuscous, apex of second, and median ring of terminal joint whitish. 

 Thorax deep orange, with a large central dark fuscous spot. 

 Abdomen and legs dark fuscous, hairs of posterior tibiae yellowish. 

 Forewings rather elongate, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, 

 hindmargin obliquely rounded; bright deep orange ; extreme base 



