524 DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



A. Forewings pale yellow, with, blackish 



markings . . . . , . . . . . 1 . tasmaniana. 



B. Forewings whitish. 



1. Central fascia straight, oblique .. ..2. tribolana. 



2. Central fascia angulated .. .. ..5. imbriferana. 



C. Forewings grey, with darker markings . .4. rupicolana. 



D. Forewings dark purplish-fuscous, with 



blackish transverse lines .. .. . .3. refluana. 



1. Dipt, tasmaniana, Walk. 

 (Concliylis tasmaniana^ Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 365). 



$ ? . 5"-7". Head and palpi deep yellow. Antennae whitish, 

 annulated with dark fuscous, basal joint yellow. Thorax blackish- 

 fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs yellowish, anterior and 

 middle tibiae and all tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Forewings 

 sub triangular, costa hardly arched, hindmargin obliquely rounded; 

 pale yellow, tinged with orange towards base ; an indistinct 

 blackish dash on base of inner margin ; a blackish subtriangular 

 patch on costa towards base, its apex reaching two-thirds across 

 wing ; a moderately broad straight blackish fascia from middle 

 of costa to inner margin slightly beyond middle, its edges slightly 

 irregular ; a black dot on costa beyond it ; a blackish hind- 

 marginal band, rather broad on costa, with a blunt projecting 

 tooth above middle, thence attenuated to anal angle, and slenderly 

 produced along inner margin to meet central fascia ; in this band 

 is usually enclosed a yellow dot on costa : cilia yellow, black at 

 apex and anal angle, and suffusedly blackish along base. Hind- 

 wings fuscous-grey, towards apex dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous-grey 

 with a dark fuscous line near base. 



A very distinct species, not liable to be confused with any other. 



Mr. Gr. H. Eaynor took this species in plenty at Melbourne in 

 gardens, during September and October ; Walker's type is from 

 Tasmania. 



