496 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



Brisbane, Queensland ; Sydney, New South Wales ; very 

 common in September and October. 



213. Phil, squalidella, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. angusbis, ochreo-albis, ochreo-mixtis, maculis 

 costa? tribus parvis, punctis disci tribus, quarto anguli analis, 

 maculaque ante apicem, transversa nigricantibus ; post, griseis. 



g. 14-17 mm. Head ochreous- white. Palpi white, externally 

 irrorated with blackish. Antennae whitish-fuscous. Thorax 

 ochreous-white, mixed with pale ochreous. Abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish. Legs dark fuscous, ringed with ochreous-white, posterior 

 tibia? ochreous- whitish. Fore wings elongate, narrow, costa 

 slightly arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin extremely 

 obliquely rounded ; ochreous-white, irregularly mixed and suffused 

 with light ochreous, and with a few blackish scales; a small 

 blackish spot at base of costa, another at \, and a larger triangular 

 spot in middle of costa ; a black dot in disc at \, a second 

 obliquely before it on fold, a third in disc at §, and a fourth 

 on inner margin before anal angle ; an irregular blackish fascia- 

 like blotch from costa before apex to middle of hindmargin : cilia 

 whitish-ochreous, finely irrorated with grey, basal half narrowly 

 barred with blackish. Hind wings grey, base paler ; cilia whitish, 

 irrorated with grey. 



Abnormal in the genus from its small size and very narrow 

 wings ; it seems however to be a member of the group of P. 

 2)rocluctella, dwarfed by unfavourable conditions ; easily recognised 

 by the costal spots. 



Melbourne, Victoria ; Hobart, Tasmania ; several specimens in 

 December. 



214. Phil productella, Walk. 



(Oecophora iwoductella, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 688; Oecophoia 

 griseicostella, Z., Hor. Ross. 1877, 395.) 



Major, alis ant. elongatis, £ niveis, £ griseo-suffusis, vitta 

 costse angusta utrimque attenuata, interdum etiam punctis disci 

 plerisque lineaque postica saturate fuscis, ciliis griseo-mixtis ; 

 post, griseis. 



