480 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



Sydney and Newcastle, New South Wales ; very common, in 

 September, November, and from January to March, in grassy 

 places. 



188. Phil, molliculella, Walk. 



( Oecophora moliculella, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., 687.) 



Media, alis ant. albido-luteis, striga subcostali abbreviata, altera 

 e medio disco in costam ante apicem percurrente saturate fuscis ; 

 post, ochreo-flavis. 



$. 23 mm. Head and thorax pale yellowish-ochreous. Palpi 

 whitish-ochreous, externally suffused with dark fuscous. Antennae 

 dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, 

 posterior pair whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin very 

 obliquely rounded ; shining whitish-yellow ; costal edge blackish 

 at base ; a slender dark fuscous streak beneath costa from base to 

 beyond middle ; a slender fuscous streak from middle of disc to 

 costa before apex : cilia pale whitish-yellow. Hind wings uni- 

 colorous ochreous-yellow ; cilia pale ochreous-yellow. 



Closely allied to the preceding, of which it may possibly prove to 

 be a local form ; characterised by the much longer ante-apical 

 streak, the well-defined elongate subcostal streak, and the wholly 

 yellow hindwings. 



I have one specimen taken by Mr. G. H. Raynor, near Melbourne, 

 and there is one in the British Museum, both quite similar. 

 189. Phil, latifissella, Walk. 



(Oecophora latifissella, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., 686.) 



Media, alis ant. ochreo-flavis, ■? dilutioribus, vitta costee abbre- 

 viata, strigulaque obliqua anteapicali saturate fuscis ; post, fuscis, 

 $ basim versus, ? fere omnino albido-ochreo suffusis ; humeris 

 saturate fuscis. 



g $ . 22-25 mm. Head deep ochreous-yellow. Palpi whitish- 

 ochreous, externally suffused with dark fuscous. Antennae dark 

 fuscous. Thorax deep ochreous-yellow, with an interior dark 

 fuscous spot on each shoulder. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, anal 

 tuft ochreous-yellow. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, 



