492 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LFPIDOPTERA, 



are merely outlined in a tint hardly darker than the ground- 

 colour, and the absence of those definite characteristics which are 

 presented by the other species. 



I took four specimens (two males, and two females) amongst 

 bushes near Wellington, New Zealand, at the end of December. 

 Walker's types are from Auckland. 



8. Cac. obliquana, Walk. 



(Term oUiquana, Walk., Brit. Mas. Cat. 302 ; Term cuneiferana, 

 ibid. Suppl. 1780). 



? . 12". Head and thorax pale brownish-ochreous ; palpi 

 elongate. Forewings moderately broad, hardly dilated, hind- 

 margin sinuate beneath apex, not oblique, rounded beneath ; 

 pale brownish-ochreous ; outer edge of basal patch indicated by 

 a slender fuscous line about one-fourth, angulated above middle ; 

 a rather narrow oblique dark fuscous streak from costa before 

 middle, reaching one-third across wing ; several very irregular 

 dark fuscous marks along inner margin from near base, and 

 towards lower two-thirds of hindmargin : cilia pale brownish- 

 ochreous. Hindwings whitish, thickly mottled with grey. 



Distinguished from the allied species, except C. cliaractana, by 

 the slender distinct dark oblique streak from costa before middle ; 

 from C. cliaractana by the pale brownish-ochreous groundcolour. 



I have only seen Walker's types, which are from New Zealand. 



9. Cac. charactana, n. sp. 



$ . 8f ". Head, palpi, antennse, and thorax creamy-white ; 

 palpi long, irrorated on sides with dark fuscous. Abdomen light 

 grey. Legs whitish, anterior and middle tibise and tarsi banded 

 with dark fuscous-grey. Forewings moderately broad, hardly 

 dilated, costa moderately arched, hindmargin sinuate below apex, 

 not oblique, rounded beneath ; creamy- white, costa and inner 

 margin very shortly strigulated with blackish ; outer edge of 



