476 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



posteriorly attenuated : a broad fuscous hindmarginal band, 

 anterior edge convex, bordered by a narrow dark fuscous fascia 

 from costa at J to before anal angle : cilia fuscous. Hindwings 

 rather dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous. 



Differs from both the preceding by the uniform fuscous hind- 

 marginal space. 



Sydney and Bulli, New South Wales ; very common from 

 August to October. 



Zeller mistook this species for irruptella Walk., which belongs to 

 the Tineidce ; he had not seen it, but judged from the description. 

 Specimens of this species stand in the British Museum collection 

 mixed up with arabella Newm. 



181. Phil, chrysopotama, n. sp. 



Major, alis ant. griseis, vitta costse abbreviata saturate fusca, 

 altera subcostali latiore ochreo-flava ; post, saturatius fuscis. 



d" ?. 24-27 mm. Head ochreous-yellow. Palpi and antennae 

 dark fuscous, thorax dark fuscous, sometimes with a faint 

 yellowish posterior spot. Abdomen dark fuscous, anal tuft 

 ochreous-brown. Legs dark fuscous, posterior tibiae ochre- 

 ous-yellow. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex 

 round-pointed, hindmargin very oblique, almost straight ; fuscous- 

 grey ; a broad dark fuscous costal streak from base to § ; 

 very obliquely truncate posteriorly, leaving extreme costal 

 edge whitish-yellow from about I ; costal streak bordered beneath 

 throughout by a somewhat broader deep ochreous-yellow streak, 



beneath which ground colour is somewhat darker : cilia fuscous- 



c . . . 

 grey. Hindwings rather dark fuscous ; cilia light ochreous- 

 yellow, round apex suffused with fuscous-grey. 



An elegant and very distinct species. 



Parramatta, New South Wales, locally abundant ; also from 



Melbourne, Victoria; from August to October, in shady grassy 



places. 



182. Phil, catascia, n. sp. 



Major, alis ant. dilute griseis, partim albido-suffusis, vitta costse 



abbreviata saturation ; post, saturate fuscis, disco partim vel 



omnino navo-suffuso. 



