BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 7G7 



<J 9. 12-15 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and 

 legs pale yellow-ochreous ; second joint of palpi and anterior legs 

 suffused with fuscous. Forewings elongate, narrow at base, 

 posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex pointed, hindmargin 

 slightly sinuate, very oblique ; pale yellow-ochreous ; basal half of 

 costa narrowly and suffusedly dark fuscous ; a pale reddish-purple 

 streak from 5 of costa to | of inner margin, anteriorly margined 

 with dark fuscous ; an irregular fuscous purple streak along hind- 

 margin from apex to anal angle ; between these two streaks the 

 ground colour is slightly purplish-tinged : cilia light ochreous- 

 yellow. Hindwings and cilia ochreous- whitish. 



Not apparently allied to any other species. 



Sydney, New South Wales, in October and December ; three 

 specimens. 



307. Coes. dichro'ella. Z. 



Oecophora dichro'ella, Z., Hor. Soc. Ross. 1877, 389 ; Oecophora 

 divisella, Walk. 685.) 



Minor, alis ant. flu vis, basi saturate fusca, fascia marginis 

 postici latissima fusco-purpurea, saturate fusco-marginata ; post, 

 saturatius fuscis. 



J" £. 14-21 mm. Head and palpi yellow. Amtennae dark 

 fuscous, sometimes with pale annulations. Thorax dark purple- 

 fuscous. Abdomen and legs dark fuscous, posterior tibiae 

 yellowish. Forewings somewhat elongate, costa gently arched, 

 apex round-pointed, hindmargin sinuate, oblique ; bright yellow ; 

 base narrowly dark fuscous ; a broad fuscous-purple hindmarginal 

 band, suffusedly mai'gined with dark fuscous, anterior edge 

 extending from ? of costa to 5 of inner margin, tolerably straight or 

 somewhat curved and indented in middle, central spot of band 

 somewhat lighter : cilia fuscous, on upper half of hindmargin 

 ochreous-yellow, with a dark fuscous line. Hindwings rather dark 

 fuscous, apex darker ; cilia fuscous, with a darker line. 



Characterised by the unusually broad hindmarginal band. 



Larva 16-legged, stout, cylindrical ; rather pale brownish- 

 ochreous : dorsal irregular, reddish-ochreous-brown ; subdorsal 



