1076 DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN MICROLEPIDOPTERA, 



ochreous. Hindwings broad-lanceolate, ac\ite, veins 3 and 4 more 

 or less remote or even parallel ; grey ; cilia very pale greyish- 

 ochreous. 



Sydney and Blackheath (3500 feet), New South Wales ; rather 

 common from September to November. 



388. Ocyst. homoleuca, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. candidis, dorso vix griseo-tincto ; post, dilute 

 griseis ; thorace candido. 



£ £. 10-15 mm. Head and thorax white, faintly ochreous- 

 tinged. Palpi white, anterior edge somewhat grey, terminal joint 

 § of second. Antennae whitish, ciliations 5. Abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish. Legs dark grey, posterior pair ochreous-whitish. Fore- 

 wings elongate, narrow, costa moderately arched, apex acute, 

 hindmargin extremely obliquely rounded ; shining white ; inner 

 margin narrowly and slightly tinged with greyish-ochreous : cilia 

 white, on anal angle somewhat greyish-ochreous. Hindwings 

 broad-lanceolate, acute, veins 3 and 4 from a point or very slightly 

 remote ; light grey ; cilia ochreous-grey-whitish. 



Closely allied to 0. monostropha, but always smaller, with the 

 thorax white, the grey suffusion of forewings hardly perceptible, 

 and veins 3 and 4 of the hindwings hardly or not remote. 



Sydney and Bathurst (2300 feet). New South Wales ; Wirrabara 

 Forest, South Australia ; six specimens in October and November. 



389. Ocyst. chionea, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. candidis, striga dorsi saturate fusca ; post, 

 griseis. 



<J Q 16-17 mm. Head yellowish-white or whitish-ochreous. 

 Palpi white, anterior edge grey ; terminal joint f of second. 

 Antennae grey, ciliations 3£. Thorax dark grey, patagia white 

 except at base. Abdomen pale yellow-ochreous. Legs dark grey, 

 posterior pair pale yellow-ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 costa gently arched, apex acute, hindmargin sinuate, extremely 

 oblique; shining white, very slightly ochreous- tinged ; a moderate 



