362 DESCRIPTIONS OF MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



Brisbane and Sydney, from September to December ; five 

 specimens. 



148. Sphyr. indecorella, Walk. 



(Cryptolechia indecorella, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., 764 ; Oeco- 

 pliora amotella, ib. 1034.) 



Minor, alis ant. albido-ochreis, fascia latissima antica, altera post 

 medium moclica, maculaqne costae anteapicali lineam transversam 

 emittente saturate fuscis, punctis disci quatuor nigris ; post, g 

 flavis, ? albido-oclireis, dimidio apicali fusco. 



$ ?. 15-17 mm. Head and palpi whitish-ochreous, basal third 

 of second joint and more or less of terminal joint suffused with 

 dark fuscous. Antennae light ochreous, base dark fuscous. 

 Thorax whitish-ochreous, anterior half dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, central ring of middle tibiae, 

 hairs of posterior tibiae, and apex of all joints whitish-ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, hind- 

 margin very obliquely rounded ; pale whitish-ochreous ; a very 

 broad oblique anterior dark fuscous fascia, inner edge very near 

 base, outer edge from | of costa to middle of inner margin, irregu- 

 larly concave ; a moderate irregular-edged straight dark fuscous 

 fascia from beyond middle of costa to anal angle ; a blackish dot 

 in disc on margin of first fascia, another on inner margin of second, 

 a third, minute, between these, and a fourth on fold on margin of 

 first fascia ; a dark fuscous snbtriangular blotch on costa before 

 apex, emitting a curved dark fuscous line to anal angle ; some 

 small cloudy confluent dark fuscous spots on hindmargin : cilia 

 pale whitish-ochreous, towards base obscurely barred with dark 

 fuscous, above costal blotch and on anal angle wholly dark fuscous. 

 Hind wings in g ocbreous-yellow, in 9 whitish-ochreous, apical 

 half and a hindmarginal border suffused with fuscous-grey ; cilia 

 fuscous-grey. 



A very distinctly characterised species. 



Sydney and Mittagong (2000 feet), New South Wales, in 

 February and March ; three specimens. 



