506 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



Varies considerable in the development of the discal spot, which 

 is however always strongly marked ; the larger forms, with spot 

 approaching a fascia, are characteristic of lower and warmer 

 regions, and at first sight appear distinct, but there is no constant 

 point of difference. 



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

 Melbourne, Victoria; Mount Lofty Range, South Australia; 

 common, from November to March. 



230. Phil, bimaculana, Don. 



(Tortrix bimaculana, Don., Ins. New Holland; Oecophora 

 UmacuUlla Newm., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., III. (n. s.), 295 ; 

 Oecophora bimaculana Walk. Brit. Mus. Cat., 657, Feld. Reis. 

 Nov. PI. CXXXVIIL, 48.) 



Media, alis ant. flavis, basi, fascia media latiore sinuata, altera 

 etiam marginis postici angusta ciliisque saturate fuscis, purpureo- 

 suffusis ; post, saturate fuscis. 



<J $. 20-23 mm. Head yellow. Palpi dark fuscous, internally 

 yellow. Antennae whitish. Thorax dark purple-fuscous. Abdomen 

 fuscous, anal tuft yellow. Legs dark fuscous, posterior tibiae 

 yellow. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, apex 

 rounded, hindmargin slightly sinuate, oblique ; bright yellow ; 

 markings dark fuscous, irrorated and suflused with purple, except 

 on edges ; a narrow basal fascia ; a rather broad fascia from middle 

 of costa to beyond middle of inner margin, somewhat dilated 

 beneath, both margins sinuate ; a narrow fascia along hindmargin, 

 extremities attenuated : cilia fuscous-grey, suffused with purple at 

 base. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous-grey. 



A handsome and distinct species. 



Duaringa and Brisbane, Queensland ; Newcastle, Sydney, Black- 

 heath (3,500 feet), and Shoalhaven, New South Wales ; Mount 

 Lofty, South Australia ; and I have seen a normal specimen from 

 New Guinea : generally common amongst Eucalyptus, flying freely 

 in the sunshine. 



