452 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



One male, taken at Blackheath in the Blue Mountains, New 

 South. Wales, about 3,600 feet above the sea, in March, amongst 

 low heathy scrub. 



7. Cap. chimerinana, n. sp. 



$ . 5f"-7^-". Head ochreous-brown, face dark fuscous. Palpi 

 dark fuscous, internally whitish. Antennso whitish-ochreous, an- 

 nulated with dark fuscous. Thorax ochreous-brown, mixed with 

 dark fuscous. Abdomen greyish-ochreous, anal tuft whitish- 

 ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior and middle pair 

 suffused above with dark fuscous. Forewings rather elongate, 

 somewhat dilated, costa moderately arched, hardly bent, hind- 

 margin nearly straight, oblique, costal fold enclosing an expan- 

 sible tuft of pale grey hairs ; brownish-ochreous or ochreous- 

 brown, thinly or sometimes densely sprinkled with dark fuscous : 

 costa and inner margin obscurely strigulated with dark fuscous, 

 sometimes suffused ; basal patch obsolete, sometimes represented 

 by one or two faint transverse lines or scattered blackish dots ; a 

 small obscure dark fuscous subquadrate spot on inner margin 

 before middle ; central fascia oblique, from middle of costa to inner 

 margin just before anal angle, dark fuscous, moderately narrow, 

 broadest below middle, its anterior edge nearly straight, posterior 

 edge with a short abrupt semicircular excavation slightly above 

 middle ; a broadly triangular dark fuscous patch on costa hardly 

 before apex ; an obscure elongate dark fuscous streak on middle 

 of hindmargin, sometimes suffused : cilia ochreous or whitish- 

 ochreous, with a blackish or dark grey line near base. Hind wings 

 grey, indistinctly spotted with darker ; cilia grey, with a darker 

 basal line. 



This and the three following species form a closely allied group, 

 the members of which are very similar and obscure in colouring, 

 and often difficult to separate, especially as they all present some 

 range of variation. This species comes nearest to the New 

 Zealand C. semiferana, from which it can only be distinguished 



