354 DESCRIPTIONS OF MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



suffusion above anal angle ; a transverse row of suffused parti- 

 ally confluent blackish-fuscous spots from costa at 5 to before 

 anal angle ; outwards-curved, dilated on costa, sharply indented 

 inwards above middle : a hindmarginal row of very suffused dark 

 fuscous spots : cilia pale whitish-ochreous, basal half obscurely 

 barred with dark fuscous. Hind wings fuscous-grey, paler towards 

 base ; cilia grey-whitish, with an indistinct grey line. 



Proportionately shorter-winged than any other species ; well 

 characterised also by the conspicuous blackish costal spots, (larger 

 and coarser than in Phloe. psephophora), and the tendency of the 

 discal dots to form with these transverse fasciae, 



Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, from September to December ; 

 tolerably common, principally at light. Walker's type is said to 

 be from Tasmania, which is not unlikely. 



141. Phloe. confusella, Walk. 



(Oecophora confusella, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., 682.) 

 Major, alis ant. ochreo-albidis, fusco-sparsis, fascia antica lata 

 perobliqua, altera post medium abbreviata cum tertia ex apice 

 conjuncta, macula costae parva antica punctisque disci duobus 

 saturate fuscis ; post, albido-flavis, apicem versus griseo-suffusis. 



a* $.,18-27 mm. Head dark fuscous, face whitish-ochreous. 

 Palpi whitish-ochreous, basal half and subapical ring of second 

 joint dark fuscous, terminal joint dark fuscous except extreme base 

 and apex. Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous, with 

 small lateral and posterior ochreous- whitish spots. Abdomen 

 whitish-yellow. Legs dark fuscous, central ring of tibiae, apex of 

 all joints, and hairs of posterior tibiae whitish yellowish. Fore- 

 wings moderate, costa gently arched, apex rounded, hindmargin 

 obliquely rounded ; ochreous-white, coarsely irrorated with dark 

 fuscous ; a rather broad irregular- edged dark fuscous fascia from 

 costa almost at base to ^ of inner margin, considerably dilated 

 beneath ; a small oblique cloudy dark fuscous spot on costa at J ; 

 a large blackish dot in disc before middle, and another below 

 middle ; a moderately broad irregular dark fuscous fascia, attenu- 

 ated beneath costa, from costa beyond middle almost to anal angle ; 



