770 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTEKA, 



Allied to the two pi'eceding, but with the anterior fascia broken, 

 a separate clot in disc, and the posterior fascia not touching the 

 hindmargin. 



Fernshaw, Victoria, in November ; one specimen. 



311. Coes. basilica, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. dilutius flavis, costa basim versus, fascia antica 

 angusta subeurva, altera postica innexa, tertia marginis postici 

 dilute purpureis, saturate fusco-irroratis ; post, griseis, interdum 

 ;iU>ido-ochreo suffusis. 



£. 13-15 mm. Head and palpi ochreous-yellow, basal half and 

 generally a subapical ring of second joint, and one or two rings of 

 terminal joint dark fuscous. Antenna? grey. Thorax yellow, 

 anterior margin fuscous-purple, forming a quadrate spot in centre. 

 Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, posterior pair 

 pale yellowish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa moderately 

 arched, apex tolerably rounded, hindmargin almost straight, 

 oblique ; light ochreous-yellow ; markings pale purple finely 

 irrorated with dai'k fuscous ; a streak along basal fourth of costa ; 

 a slender irregular slightly outwards-curved fascia from J of costa 

 to I of inner margin ; a somewhat broader rather inwards- 

 angulated fascia from | of costa to inner margin before anal 

 angle ; a streak along hindmai-gin from apex to anal angle, 

 triangularly dilated somewhat above middle : cilia light ochreous- 

 yellow, on anal angle dark grey. Hindwings grey, sometimes 

 suffused with whitish-ochrecus except towards hindmargin ; cilia 

 pale whitish-ochreous, base sometimes grey. 



Allied to the preceding species, but with a distinct hindmarginal 

 fascia besides the posterior fascia, and a well-defined dark sbreak 

 towards base of costa. It also approaches, and probably marks a 

 real connection with some species of Machceritis. The suffusion of 

 the hindwings with whitish-ochreous seems to constitute a local 

 form, being apparently characteristic of the South Australian 

 specimens, but there appears to be no ground for specific separation. 

 Sydney and Kiama, New South Wales ; Hobart, Tasmania ; 

 Wallaroo, South Australia ; six specimens in November, January, 

 and February, in sandy places. 



