BY E. MEYRIOK, B.A. 453 



with certainty by the dark fuscous face ; from C. sordidatana it is 

 also separated by the same character, as well as by the slightly 

 narrower forewings, and the obsolescence of the basal patch ; 

 C. obfuscatana is smaller, shorter, and broader- winged, usually 

 with a distinct pale ochreous space beneath the costal fold, and 

 the darker markings almost wholly suffused and obliterated. 



Tolerably common near Sydney and Parramatta amongst dry 

 bush, in June, and from October to December. 



8. Cap. semiferana, Walk. 



(Teras semiferana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 306 ; Sciaphila detritana, 

 ibid. 356 ; Tinea admotella, ibid. 485 ; Ghrapholito abnegatana, 



ibid. 991.) 



$ $ . 5^-"-7". Head ochreous-grey or ochreous-brown, face 

 pale ochreous. Palpi pale ochreous, dark fuscous on sides. 

 Antennae pale ochreous, annulated with dark fuscous. Thorax 

 dark greyish-ochreous or fuscous. Abdomen greyish- ochreous, 

 anal tuft of male pale ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior 

 and middle tibiae and tarsi dark fuscous ringed with pale ochre- 

 ous. Forewings moderate, in male dilated, costa moderately 

 arched, hardly bent, hindmargin nearly straight, oblique ; in 

 female more elongate, not dilated, costa arched towards base, 

 hindmargin more rounded ; brownish-ochreous or ochreous-brown, 

 often irregularly transversely strigulated with dark fuscous ; costa 

 and inner margin coarsely strigulated with blackish ; basal patch 

 distinctly indicated in male by a blackish spot at base of costa 

 and a blackish inwardly oblique streak from disc near base to 

 inner margin, in female obsolete ; central fascia oblique, from 

 before middle of costa to inner margin before anal angle, dark 

 fuscous, containing a blackish longitudinal mark above middle, 

 lower half often obsolete, anterior edge distinct, waved, posterior 

 edge generally uniting with a dark fuscous triangular patch on 

 costa before apex so as to form a larger triangular blotch ; an 

 elongate dark fuscous cloud near middle of hindmargin, often 



