732 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



indented above middle ; an apical spot, continued along hind. 

 margin narrowly to anal angle : cilia dark fuscous, whitish 

 towards tips on hindmargin. Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous. 

 Brisbane, Queensland, in September ; one specimen. 



262. Pelt, crypsileuca, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. rufogriseis, puncto disci cum angulo anali per 

 strigulam connexo saturate f usco ; post, albidis, margine postico 

 saturate griseo-suffuso. 



ft. 16-17 mm. Head, palpi, an tennse, and thorax rather dark 

 ochreous-fuscous ; palpi rather long ; antennal ciliations 4. Abdo- 

 men grey. Legs dark fuscous, posterior pair whitish. Forewings 

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

 almost straight, very oblique; grey, thickly strewn with light 

 reddish -fuscous scales ; generally a dark fuscous dot in disc beyond 

 middle, connected with anal angle by a cloudy dark streak : cilia 

 grey mixed with light reddish-fuscous, beneath anal angle 

 ochreous- whitish. Hindwings whitish, apex and hindmai-gin more 

 or less widely suffused with dark grey ; cilia light grey, base 

 darker. 



This species is another instance of the tendency of the 

 Tasmanian mountains to develop whitish dark-margined hind- 

 wings. 



Mount Wellington, Tasmania, in December, from 2500 to 3000 



feet, common. 



263. Pelt, fulvia, Butl. 



(Cryptopeges fulvia, Butl., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1882, 101.) 

 Minor, alis ant. saturate fuscis. puncto disci nigro ; post, hete 

 aurantiacis, margine postico latius nigro. 



ft. 15 mm. Head and thorax dark ochreous-fuscous. Palpi 

 rather long, ochreous, anterior edge fuscous. Antennse dark 

 fuscous ; ciliations 3. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs ochreous- 

 yellow, banded with blackish. Forewings elongate, costa gently 

 arched, apex rounded, hindmargin straight, oblique ; black, 

 densely strewn with reddish-ochreous-brown scales ; an obscure 



