330 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



Mr. F. Gr. O, Tepper has bred this species from galls on 

 SJucalyptus oleosa. 



Quorn, Wirrabara, and Androssan, South Australia, in October ; 

 common. 



119. Oen. iobaphes, n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. $ saturate griseis, macula costa elongata media 

 albido-conspersa, 9 griseis, albido-sparsis, serie punctorum quinque 

 antica. tribus disci posticis lineaque transversa nigrantibus ; post. 

 fuscis, $ basim versus ochreo suffusis. 



19-21 mm. $. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax dark grey, 

 somewhat sprinkled with bluish-whitish, face suffused with 

 whitish. Abdomen light yellowish-ochreous, somewhat greyish- 

 tinged. Anterior and middle legs dark fuscous; posterior legs 

 whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex 

 round-pointed, hindmargin straight, extremely oblique ; dark 

 fuscous-grey, with two or three scattered bluish-whitish scales 

 posteriorly ; an elongate semi-oval costal blotch of thickly-strewn 

 bluish-whitish scales, extending along costa from 3 to § ; a faint 

 blackish spot on fold at \ : cilia fuscous-grey, towards tips paler 

 and ochreous- tinged. Hindwings smoky- ochreous, posteriorly 

 somewhat suffused with fuscous, apex dark fuscous-grey ; cilia 

 grey, base ochreous. 



$. Forewings rather more elongate ; grey, irrorated throughout 

 with whitish ; extreme costal edge white ; a few scattered blackish 

 scales near base ; five black dots forming a slightly inwards-curved 

 row from beneath g of costa to above I of inner margin ; a black 

 dot below middle of disc, and two others transversely placed 

 beyond middle ; a minute whitish spot on costa in middle, and 

 another at f , each followed by a few blackish scales ; from apex of 

 second proceeds a strongly outwards-curved blackish line to inner 

 margin before anal angle : cilia grey, irrorated with whitish. 

 Hindwings fuscous-grey, base somewhat ochreous-tinged ; cilia 

 grey, extreme base ochreous. 



The sexes are at first sight very dissimilar, owing to the dark 

 suffusion of the $ . 



