BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 377 



blackish patch on middle of costa, reaching ^ across wing ; a black 

 dot in disc at £, a second slightly beyond it on fold, a third and 

 fourth transversely placed and sometimes confluent in disc beyond 

 middle, and a fifth before and slightly below fourth ; a small 

 blackish spot on costa at f , emitting an outwards-curved obscure 

 dark grey line to before anal angle ; a row of dark fuscous dots on 

 hindmargin ; cilia grey, extreme tips white. Hindwings whitish- 

 grey, apex rather dark grey ; cilia whitish-grey, darker round 

 apex. 



Easily distinguished from the two preceding species by the 

 different form of the basal patch ; it is also a smaller and neater 

 insect ; smaller than N. foedatella, with the wings more elongate, 

 the basal patch entire, and without the additional anterior cliscal 

 dot. 



Sydney, Mount Keira near Wollongong, and Blackheath 

 (3,500 feet), New South Wales, in September and Cctober; 

 common. 



The ? in this and other species of the genus is commonly much 

 more obscure than the 6 , and usually best distinguished by the 

 form of wing. 



169. Neph. foedatella, Walk. 



{Gryptolechia foedatella, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., 763.) 

 Media, alis ant. griseis, $ cano-suffusis, fascia prope basim 

 angusta obliqua, costee triangulo medio lineaque postica transversa 

 flexuosa saturate fuscis, punctis disci septem nigris ; post, griseis, 

 basim versus dilutioribus. 



d" ?. 20-24 mm. Head ochreous-whitish or whitish-grey. Palpi 

 white, more or less suffused with dark fuscous, except base and 

 apex of second joint. Antennae whitish, annulated with fuscous. 

 Thorax white mixed with grey, anterior margin fuscous-grey. 

 Abdomen whitish-ochreous, sometimes greyish-tinged. Anterior 

 and middle legs dark fuscous, apex of joints whitish ; posterior 

 legs ochreous-whitish. Fore wings elongate, moderate, costae 

 moderately arched, apex rounded, hindmargin nearly straight, 

 oblique; light fuscous-grey, in $ more or less strongly suffused 

 with white: a dark fuscous oblique slightly outwards- curved 



