640 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPLDOPTERA, 



Seven specimens of the type, and one of the variety, taken at 

 rest on fences round Sj T dney, in October and December ; in repose 

 the tips of the forewings are peculiarly bent in beneath the 

 extremity of the abdomen, causing an appearance of deformity. 



3. Helict. fungiferana, n. sp. 



<$ . 6|". Head and thorax pale ochreous, mixed with whitish, 

 centre of thorax with a large square blackish spot. Palpi blackish. 

 Antennse brownish-ochreous. Abdomen brownish-ochreous, 

 segments suffused with dark grey towards base. Legs whitish- 

 ochreous, anterior and middle tibise and all tarsi banded with 

 blackish. Forewings moderate, costa gently arched, apex rec- 

 tangular, hindmargin rather bowed outwards below middle ; light 

 ochreous, with two clusters of tufts of raised scales towards inner 

 margin, the first about one-fourth, the second in middle, and 

 some scattered tufts above anal angle ; some irregular blackish 

 scales along inner margin towards base ; a large dark grey 

 triangular costal blotch, mixed with black, extending on costa 

 from one-fourth nearly to apex, anteriorly attenuated, its apex 

 reaching two-thirds across wing a little before anal angle, in- 

 distinctly connected with hindmargin before anal angle by two 

 or three dark grey and blackish scales : cilia light brownish- 

 ochreous. Hindwings pale brownish-ochreous, transparent at 

 base, hindmargin suffused with dark fuscous-grey ; cilia pale 

 brownish-ochreous, with a darker line near base. 



Somewhat resembling Penth. helicana in colour and type of 

 marking, but characterised by the tufts of raised scales towards 

 inner margin, and the much larger costal blotch. 



One specimen taken in scrub near Parramatta, New South 

 Wales, in September. 



3. ANTITHESIA, Gn. 



Thorax with a strong erect crest. Antenna^in male thickened, 

 ciliated. Palpi rather short, ascending, closely appressed to face, 



