336 DESCRIPTIONS OF MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



with white rings at apex of joints; middle and posterior legs 

 whitish-yellow, tibiae with an oblique dark fuscous band, tarsi dark 

 fuscous with whitish-yellow rings at apex of joints. Fore wings 

 elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex rounded, hindmargin 

 very oblique rounded ; blackish-fuscous ; a small somewhat oval 

 snow-white spot obliquely placed in disc beyond middle : cilia 

 blackish-fuscous. Hindwings blackish-fuscous ; a round white 

 spot, faintly yellowish-tinged, in inner angle, not quite touching 

 margin ■ a somewhat smaller oval snow-white spot obliquely 

 placed in middle of disc ; cilia grey. 



Differs from the following by the wholly blackish ground colour, 

 the absence of the subapical spot of the hindwings, and the two 

 broad abdominal bands. 



One specimen on a fence at Sydney in October ; Mr. G. H. 

 Kaynor took another at Blackheath (3500 feet) in November. 



124. Petal, hexastera, n. sp. 



Parva, alis ant. nigricantibus, navido-strigulatis, basi, fascia 

 antica, maculaque costse postica nigris, macula disci parva nivea ; 

 post, nigris, macula ad basim ochreo-flava, altera disci partim 

 nivea cum hac in costa conjuncta, tertia postica parva nivea. 



$. 10^-11^ mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous, with a few 

 yellow -whitish scales. Palpi black, with a slender white longi- 

 tudinal line from base to apex on each side, and a third above. 

 Antennae blackish, with a very fine white longitudinal line- 

 above. Abdomen dark fuscous, with a broad whitish-yellow 

 basal band, and four narrow whitish-yellow rings. Anterior 

 legs blackish, irregularly striated with yellowish- white ; middle 

 tibiae blackish, coarsely mixed with yellowish-white, tarsi black 

 with yellowish- white rings at apex of joints ; posterior tibiae 

 whitish-yellow with a dark fuscous apical band, tarsi dark fuscous 

 with basal and apical joints whitish-yellow. Fore wings elongate, 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex rounded, hindmargin very 

 obliquely rounded; blackish-fuscous, with fine clearly marked 

 somewhat irreguiar transverse yellow-whitish striae ; the absence of 

 these produces a clear blackish narrow patch at base, a narrow 



