650 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPIDOPTERA, 



$ $ . 4f"-5". Head and palpi ochreous. Antennae grey. 

 Thorax ochreous, mixed with blackish-fuscous. Abdomen dark 

 ochreous-grey, anal tuft ochreous-whitish. Legs ochreous- 

 whitish, anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi suff usedly banded 

 with dark fuscous. Fore wings elongate, costa nearly straight, 

 somewhat bent before apex, hindmargin rounded, very oblique ; 

 whitish, with numerous scattered blackish-grey transverse 

 strigulae, costa and inner margin finely strigulated ; costa and 

 inner margin suffused with greyish-ochreous near base ; outer 

 edge of basal patch represented by a slender greyish-ochreous 

 slightly-curved fascia from one-fourth of costa to one-third of 

 inner margin ; central fascia straight, extending from costa 

 slightly beyond middle to inner margin slightly beyond middle, 

 broad and blackish-grey towards costa, rapidly attenuated below 

 middle and greyish-ochreous ; a small triangular blackish-grey 

 ochreous-tinged spot on inner margin before anal angle; a 

 greyish-ochreous slender streak from costa beyond central fascia 

 to hindmargin below middle, dilated towards hindmargin into a 

 roundish spot ; a greyish-ochreous apical spot, containing two 

 white costal strigulae before apex, extreme apex blackish; a 

 slender somewhat interrupted blackish - line along hindmargin : 

 cilia pale ochreous, towards anal angle whitish, with two dark 

 grey lines. Hindwings grey, paler and subtransparent towards 

 base ; cilia pale grey, with a dark grey line near base. 



Described from Australian specimens, which however do not 

 seem to differ noticeably from others from the south of France. 



Taken rather commonly at Parramatta, New South Wales, 

 and also at Rosewood, Queensland, in August, September, March 

 and May. The larva feeds in the shoots of vines ; but as the 

 imago seems to occur also in the native bush, it is possible that 

 it may have adapted itself to other foodplants. 



8. APHELIA, Stph. 



Thorax smooth. Antennae in male shortly ciliated. Palpi 

 elongate, porrected, second joint roughly haired above and below, 



