506 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



22. Oac. tessulatana, n. sp. 



$ . 8". Head and palpi whitish, mixed irregularly with dark 

 fuscous; palpi rather short. Antennae black. Thorax dark 

 fuscous, mixed posteriorly with white. Abdomen light greyish- 

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

 tarsi suffusedly banded with dark fuscous. Forewings moderate, 

 rather elongate, costa moderately arched, costal fold very short 

 and rudimentary, fringed with hairs, hindmargin obliquely 

 rounded ; white, coarsely irrorated with dark fuscous, and with 

 dark fuscous markings ; costal fold and extreme base of wing 

 dark fuscous ; an oblique slender fascia from costa at one-fourth, 

 reaching to fold, angulated above middle ; an irregular oblique 

 streak from middle of costa, not reaching half across wing, its 

 extremity bent outwards ; beneath this is a small double spot 

 below middle of wing ; a small spot on middle of inner margin ; 

 between middle and apex are five or six small subquadrate spots 

 on costa ; between the extremity of the oblique streak from 

 middle of costa and the apex of wing is an elongate cloudy streak, 

 suff usedly conne cted with each ; a cloudy spot on anal angle, and 

 a roundish smaller spot directly above it ; veins near hindmargin 

 lined with dark fuscous ; a dark fuscous line along hindmargin : 

 cilia white, basal half barred with dark fuscous. Hindwings 

 light fuscous-grey ; cilia white, with a dark grey line near base. 



Also very distinct from any other ; in form of wing resembling 

 the preceding, distinguished by the white groundcolour and 

 reticulated dark markings, which are quite different from those 

 of C. desmotana. 



Mr. GL H. Eaynor took one specimen at Melbourne in December. 

 23. Oac. desmotana, n. sp. 



$ $ . 8i"-9^". Head black behind, face and crown white. 

 Palpi rather short, black, terminal joint and apex of second joint 

 white. Antennae black, very slenderly annulated with white. 

 Thorax white, anterior margin black ; in male a black spot on 



