490 DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



g ?. 18-21 mm. Head pale whitish-ochreous. Palpi dark 

 fuscous, second joint ochreous- whitish internally and at apex. 

 Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax fuscous, posteriorly whitish. 

 Abdomen whitish-grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Legs dark 

 fuscous, posterior tibiae ochreous -whitish. Fore wings elongate, 

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

 rounded ; white, with scattered greyish-ochreous or fuscous scales ; 

 markings ochreous or ochreous-fuscous ; a large dot in disc before 

 middle, a second rather beyond it on fold, and a small one above 

 middle ; an oblique streak from disc beyond middle to anal angle ; 

 a cloudy curved line near hindmargin, sharply indented beneath 

 costa : cilia pale greyish or fuscous, base mixed with white. 

 Hindwings fuscous-grey ; cilia light grey. 



Not nearly resembling any other. 



Blackheath (3,500 feet), New South Wales ; common in January, 

 2C4. Phil, glaucoptera, n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. canis, vitta costae abbreviata utrimque attenuata, 

 altera media in costam praeflexa, punctis disci quinque, linea 

 postica maculaque apicis fuscis ; post, albido-fuscis. 



fi ?. 19-22 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint 

 externally dark fuscous except at apex. Antennae whitish. Thorax 

 white, anterior edge and a spot on shoulders fuscous. Abdomen 

 ochreous-whitish. Legs dark fuscous, posterior tibiae ochreous- 

 whitish. Fore wings elongate, costa gently arched, apex round- 

 pointed, hindmargin very obliquely rounded ; white, markings 

 fuscous or ochreous-fuscous ; a streak along costa from near base 

 to f , attenuated at both ends ; a moderately broad central longi- 

 tudinal streak, anteriorly curved up to base of costa, posteriorly 

 narrowed and curved up to costa at \ ; two dots transversely placed 

 before middle, one above middle, and two beyond middle, generally 

 partly obsolete ; a curved posterior line, confluent above with 

 median streak ; a cloudy apical spot : cilia whitish, mixed with 

 pale ochreous-grey. Hindwings whitish-fuscous, apex darker ; 

 cilia grey- whitish. 



Also a somewhat peculiar species. 



Sydney, New South Wales j common in March. 



