226 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



with, ochreous except on margins. Legs dark fuscous, tarsi with, 

 slender whitish rings at apex of joints, posterior tibise clothed 

 above with long whitish hairs. Fore-wings elongate, rather 

 narrow, hind-margin oblique, apex rather acutely rounded ; dark 

 fuscous, coarsely strewn with pale golden-ochreous scales ; a 

 short deep golden-yellow longitudinal streak of hair-scales from 

 base, posteriorly suffused into a cloudy spot of whitish scales on 

 disc before , which is faintly expanded to costa and inner 

 margin, forming an obsolete band; a straight rather oblique 

 obsolete band of whitish (in some lights bluish) scales from costa 

 before middle to just before anal angle, where it forms a small 

 distinct white spot ; a rather large clear white rectangular spot 

 on costa at f , from which proceeds a cloudy band of pale leaden- 

 blue scales towards hind-margin above anal angle; a few 

 leaden-blue scales on hind-margin beneath apex ; some irregular 

 black scales along lower f of hind-margin, tending to form 

 obscure broken spots ; cilia dark metallic grey, with ochreous 

 reflections. Hind-wings elongate-ovate, dark fuscous-grey ; 

 cilia dark fuscous-grey, with an obsolete darker line near base. 



In shape of wing this species approaches many of the 

 Oeeophorida, and the black hind-marginal spots being ill-defined, 

 it would be difficult of location if the neuration were not 

 examined. Specifically it is very distinct; the golden-yellow 

 palpi, and basal line of fore-wings are marked characters; 

 though not brightly coloured, it is a handsome insect. I have 

 only found it on the swampy grass-covered ledges which project 

 from the face of the perpendicular precipice that overhangs the 

 Grose Valley by the waterfall at Q-ovett's Leap, near Blackheath, 

 3,500 feet above the sea. Here it is common in November, 

 flying languidly in the sunshine over the tops of the long grass. 



Q-LYPHIPTERYX, Hb. 



Head smooth ; with ocelli ; tongue moderate. Antenna much 

 shorter than f orewings, slender, filiform, in pubescent or very 

 shortly ciliated. No maxilliary palpi. Labial palpi rather short, 



