440 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



joint shortly triangular- scaled, terminal joint distinct. Forewings 

 triangular, posteriorly much dilated, costa in male with broad 

 basal fold, hardly arched, not bent, apex rather produced, hind- 

 margin sinuate. Hind wings rounded-trapezoidal, broader than 

 forewings. Forewings with veins 7 and 8 stalked, 7 running to 

 hindmargin. Hind wings with veins 3 and 4 separate at origin 

 but very near together, 5 closely approximated to 4 at base, 6 

 and 7 stalked. 



Nearly allied to Acropolitis, but veins 6 and 7 of hindwings 

 are always stalked, the costa of forewings is hardly bent in the 

 male, the apex is always more or less produced and the hind- 

 margin sinuate beneath it, whilst in Acropolitis the apex is 

 rectangular. 



The species are rather brightly coloured with ochreous or 

 ferruginous tints. 



I am acquainted with one Australian species, and four from 

 New Zealand, which may be thus tabulated : 



A. Forewings reddish-ochreous, with two dark 



ferruginous dorsal spots . . . . . . 1 . insignana. 



B. Forewings pale ochreous with dark fuscous 



fascia and markings. 



1 . An inwardly oblique streak from costa at 



three-fourths, meeting central fascia . .2. plagiatana. 



2. A small sharply denned dark spot on costa 



at three-fourths. 



a. Cilia of forewings ochreous .. ..4. conditana. 



b. Cilia of forewings dark fuscous . . . .3. gavisana. 



C. Forewings greyish-ochreous, shading into dark 



reddish-brown posteriorly .. .. ..5. porphyreana. 



1. Pyrg. insignana, n. sp. 



$ ? . 6". Head, palpi, and antennae reddish-ochreous. Thorax 

 deep reddish-ochreous, crest large, dark ferruginous. Abdomen 

 ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior and middle tibiee and 



