BY BARON VON MUELLER, K.C.M.G., M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., &C 469 



Blanclfordia nobilis ; Ulladulla. 

 Xerotes flexifolia ; Yaclburra. 

 Anisopogon avenaceus : Lake Burrill. 

 Schizaea rupestris ; Milton. 

 Hymenophyllum marginatum ; Milton. 

 Blechnuni serrulatum ; Milton. 

 Adiantum diaphanum ; Milton. 

 Hypolepis tenuifolia , Milton. 

 Poly podium confluens ; Milton. 

 Alsophila Leichardtiana ; Milton. 



Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. 



By E. Meyrick, B.A. 



X. Oecophorid^e — (Continued.) 



35. Philobota. Meyr. 



Head smooth, sidetufts large or moderate, meeting behind 

 sometimes somewhat projecting. Antennae moderate, in d* moder- 

 ately and evenly ciliated (1-1 J), basal joint moderate, with strong 

 pecten. Palpi rather long, second joint somewhat exceeding base 

 of antennae, densely scaled, rather loosely beneath, terminal joint 

 rather shorter than second, slender, recurved. Thorax smooth. 

 Forewings elongate, moderate or rather bread, hindmargin rounded 

 or slightly concave. Hind wings almost as broad as forewings, 

 elongate-ovate, hindmargin rounded or sometimes gently sinuate, 

 cilia J- \. Abdomen moderate or rather broad. Posterior tibiae 

 clothed with very long hairs. Forewings with vein 7 to hind- 

 margin, 2 from or somewhat before angle of cell. Hindwings 

 normal. 



This very large and interesting genus is at present wholly 

 confined to Australia ; not even a stray species is known from New 

 Zealand. The species are almost all of considerable size, and often 

 exceedingly handsome ; and there is a strong tendency to longitu- 

 dinal marking with costal, subcostal, or median stripes, connected 

 with the grass-frequenting habit of most species. The species are 



