470 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



ii. Fore wings moderate ; basal patch 



indicated. 

 f. Hindwings of male yellowish, 



base black 8. solana. 



ff. Hindwings of male wholly 



dark grey . . . . ..11. hyperetana. 



1. Dich. luciplagana, Walk. 

 (P&disca luciplagana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 381). 



$ ? . 8"-9". Head, palpi, antenna?, thorax, and abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior tibiae dark 

 fuscous, anterior and middle tarsi dark fuscous towards base of 

 joints. Forewings elongate, moderately broad, posteriorly dilated, 

 costa arched at base, apex rather produced, hindmargin sinuate, 

 oblique; whitish-ochreous, finely strigulated and sometimes 

 suffused with darker ; inner margin narrowly suffused with dark 

 fuscous ; a moderately broad dark fuscous or dark reddish-fuscous 

 outwardly oblique streak from costa at one-third, and a similar 

 inwardly oblique streak from costa at two-thirds, uniting on disc 

 below middle so as to form a triangle which encloses a semi-oval 

 white or pale ochreous patch ; a cloudy suffused semi-oval fuscous 

 blotch along hindmargin from apex to anal angle ; all these 

 markings are sometimes very faint : cilia dark fuscous. Hind- 

 wings whitish, towards apex faintly tinged with ochreous, and 

 strongly spotted with grey towards inner margin ; cilia whitish. 



A distinct and peculiar species, apparently allied to D. isoscelana; 

 it varies much in depth of colouring. 



I took three specimens (one male, and two females) amongst 

 forest growth near Dunedin, New Zealand, in January. Walker's 

 type is from Auckland. 



2. Dich. isoscelana, n. ftp. 



$ . 8"-8". Head, palpi, and thorax brownish-ochreous ; thorax 

 crested. Antennae brownish-ochreous, annulated with dark 



