502 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



Sydney and Blackheath (3,500 feet), New South Wales ; Mel- 

 bourne, Victoria ; Port Lincoln, South Australia ; locally rather 

 common, from October to December. 



223. Phil, bracteatella. Walk. 



(Oecophora bracteatella, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 696.) 



Media, alis ant. argenteis, margine costali, vitta snpra medium, 

 strigula dorsi ad basim, fasciis duabus angulatis saepius in plica 

 connexis, lineaque marginis postici rufis ; post, griseis. 



^ 2- 18-22 mm. Head ochreous-yel low. Palpi dark fuscous, 

 internally white. Antennae whitish. Thorax white, anterior half 

 and a posterior spot dark reddish-fuscous. Abdomen pale whitish- 

 ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, posterior pair whitish-ochreons. 

 Forewings elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched, apex 

 round-pointed, hindmargin slightly sinuate, oblique ; silvery- 

 white ; markings rather dark reddish-ochreous-brown ; costal edge 

 dark fuscous ; a straight streak above middle from base to apex, 

 sometimes interrupted at J, dark-margined near base, lower margin 

 with a short tooth beyond middle ; a narrow streak along basal J of 

 inner margin ; two narrow transverse fascise, angulated outwards on 

 median streak, first before middle, second beyond middle, first 

 with a projecting tooth from posterior edge along fold, often 

 reaching lower extremity of second ; a narrow dentate streak along 

 hindmargin : cilia white, on apex and anal angle grey. Hind- 

 wings grey, paler and tinged with whitish-ochreous towards base ; 

 cilia pale whitish-ochreous, becoming ochreous-yellow round apex. 



This and the following species are closely allied, and at first 

 sight extremely similar ; P. bracteatella may however be at once 

 distinguished by the short tooth from lower margin of median 

 streak not being produced to unite with second fascia, and by the 

 presence of the streak from first fascia along fold. 



Sydney and Blackheath (3,500 feet), New South Wales ; Mel. 

 bourne, Victoria ; Albany, West Australia; locally common, from 

 November to March. 



