514 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



(J. 13-14 mm. Head and thorax ochreous- whitish. Palpi 

 ochreous white, second joint with an oblique dark fuscous median 

 band. Antennae ochreous-white, annulated with dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Anterior legs dark fuscous, tarsi 

 ringed with ochreous-white ; middle and posterior legs ochreous- 

 whitish, middle tarsi grey towards base of joints Fore wings 

 elongate, costa slightly arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin 

 very obliquely rounded ; ochreous-whitish ; extreme costal edge 

 dark fuscous at base ; sometimes a grey suffusion along inner 

 margin ; a black dot in disc before middle, another obliquely 

 beyond it on fold, and two transversely placed and confluent in 

 disc beyond middle ; a blackish fascia from costa before apex to 

 before anal angle, dilated below middle : a row of dark fuscous 

 dots on hindmargin : cilia ochreous-whitish, beneath anal angle 

 grey. Hindwings brownish-ochreous or ochreous-fuscous, darker 

 posteriorly ; cilia brownish-ochreous. 



Narrower- winged than C. strophiella, the two anterior discal dots 

 more oblique than in either of the other species, and unconnected, 

 the posterior fascia more oblique and more approximated to hind- 

 margin, the hindwings with a strong ochreous tinge, and the thorax 

 wholly pale. 



Wirrabara Forest, South Australia ; four specimens in October 

 from Eucalyptus. 



38. Eriodyta, Meyr. 



Head loosely haired, sidetufts large, meeting above, roughly 

 projecting over forehead. Antennae moderate, in £ moderately 

 ciliated (1-1 J), basal joint moderate, with strong pecten. Palpi 

 moderate, second joint exceeding or hardly reaching base of 

 antennae, densely scaled, more or less thickened, terminal joint 

 rather shorter than second, recurved. Thorax smooth. Fore wings 

 elongate, hindmargin oblique, rounded. Hindwings rather narrower 

 than forewings, elongate- ovate or almost ovate-lanceslate, hind- 

 margin rounded, cilia \ to 1, Abdomen moderate. Posterior 

 tibiae clothed with very long fine hairs. Forewings with vein 7 to 

 hindmargin, 2 almost from angle of cell. Hindwings normal. 



