1052 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICROLEPIDOPTERA, 



dorsal suffusion ; two quadrate spots on costa between this and 

 apex ; a row of very ill-defined confluent spots before hindmargin : 

 cilia white, with a cloudy central pale grey shade. Hindwings 

 grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous-grey. 



Closely allied to the two following, from which it is distinguished 

 by the grey thorax, grey dorsal suffusion of the forewiugs, and 

 darker hindwings ; it differs further from 0. zonoteles by the basal 

 costal spot not being produced to inner margin, and from 0. 

 hieroglyphica by the anterior fascia being only slightly or not 

 interrupted beneath costa. 



Launceston and Deloraine, Tasmania ; from November to 

 January, three specimens. 



356. Ox. hieroglyphica, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. canis, macula costa? basali, fascia antica obliqua 

 sub costa interrupta, dorsum non attingente, macula dorsi postica 

 parva, fascia postica directa sub costa interrupta, maculisque costa? 

 duabus posticis saturatius fuscis ; post, albido-griseis. 



£ 5- 12-18 mm. Head and palpi white, apex of terminal joint, 

 and second joint except apex dark fuscous. Antenna? whitish. 

 Thorax white, with a dark fuscous spot on shoulder. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous, in £ more yellowish. Legs dark fuscous, apex 

 of joints whitish, posterior pair whitish-ochreous. Forewings 

 elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex tolerably acute, 

 hind-margin straight, extremely oblique ; white, with scattered 

 fuscous scales, sometimes partially suffused with pale greyish ; 

 markings ochreous-fuscous or dark fuscous ; a rounded spot on 

 base of costa, l'eaching half across wing ; a small oblong spot on 

 costa before middle, and three similar spots between this and 

 apex ; an oblique fascia-like spot in disc before middle, not 

 reaching costal spot or inner margin ; a small spot on inner 

 margin before anal angle ; a narrow fascia from beneath 

 postmedian costal spot to anal angle ; a row of small confluent 

 spots close before hind-margin ; cilia ochreous-whitish, with a 

 cloudy central pale greyish shade. Hind-wings whitish-grey, 

 ochreous-tinged ; cilia pale whitish-ochreous. 



