

158 DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPIDOPTERA, 



Distinguished by its small size and cloudy markings, which, 

 also differ in detail. One specimen only, from dry bush at 

 Parramatta in October. 



Grac. aellomacha, n. sp. 



$ . 3". Head and palpi snow-white, labial palpi with apex 

 of second joint and a subapical ring of terminal joint black. 

 Antenna) longer than fore-wings, white. Thorax snow-white, 

 with a small black shoulder spot. Abdomen dark fuscous, beneath 

 with white rings and white towards apex. Legs white, tarsi with 

 three black rings, anterior tibiae black, middle tibia) hardly 

 thickened, apical half black. Fore-wings white, with coarsely 

 scaled fuscous-black markings ; a cloudy, central, longitudinal 

 streak from near base to disc above anal angle, connecting 

 obscurely with seven oblique costal and five oblique dorsal streaks; 

 costa blackish at base ; first and second costal streaks thick, hardly 

 oblique, meeting first and second dorsal streaks ; third slender, 

 very short, not reaching central streak ; fourth strong, from middle 

 of costa ; fifth slender, short ; sixth thick, black, very oblique, 

 uniting with the small fifth dorsal on anal angle ; fourth dorsal 

 thick, before middle ; seventh costal slender, produced nearly to 

 hind-margin ; apical spot black, large, round, cloudy ; cilia white 

 round apex, dark fuscous at anal angle, with two black lines and 

 a short black apical hook, thence fuscous-grey. Hind-wings 

 fuscous-grey, cilia paler. 



Not particularly close to the preceding ; it resembles rather the 

 figure of Zellers's urlanellct, from South America, which however 

 he considers to be hardly a true Gracilaria. One specimen from 

 forest growth at Wellington, New Zealand, in January. 



Grac. thalassias, n. sp. 



<$ $ . 2f-"-3V- Head and maxillary palpi white. Labial palpi 

 white, second joint loosely scaled beneath, with apex blackish, 

 terminal joint with slender blackish median and subapical rings. 



