652 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



The description refers to Australian and New Zealand forms 

 only, so far as I am acquainted with them. 



Occurs, not commonly, round Sydney, Parramatta, and 

 Campbelltown, New South Wales, from December to March, in 

 damp places and at light; also in the district of Duaringa, 

 Queensland ; and 1 took it at Hamilton, New Zealand, in January. 



9. STIGMONOTA, Hw. 



Thorax smooth. Antennae in male shortly ciliated. Palpi 

 rather short, arched, ascending, second joint roughly haired 

 beneath, terminal joint distinct. Posterior tibiae loosely scaled. 

 Forewings short, moderately broad, costa in male simple, gently 

 arched, hindmargin rounded or somewhat sinuate. Hind wings 

 rounded, broader than forewings. Forewings with veins 7 and 

 8 separate, 7 running to hindmargin, secondary cell distinct. 

 Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 stalked, 5 parallel to 4, 6 and 7 

 separate. 



Belongs to the group of Grapholitha, in which it is distinguished 

 by the ascending palpi, and the parallel veins 4 and 5 of the 

 hind wings. The species are small, and usually dark with a pale 

 often obsolete spot on middle of inner margin. The known larvee 

 feed principally in the seed-pods of Leguminom. 



The genus is represented by some number of species in Europe 

 and North America ; and I am acquainted with five from 

 Australia, which may be thus distinguished : 



A. Hindwings orange towards base. 



1. Dorsal blotch distinct 1. zapyrana. 



2. Dorsal blotch obsolete 2. conficitana. 



B. Hindwings wholly fuscous. 



1. Dorsal blotch distinct 3. parvisignana. 



2. Dorsal blotch absent. 



a. Costa clearly strigulated throughout 



with whitish 4. iridescens. 



b. Costa without pale strigulse . . . . 5. floricolana. 



