660 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



not dilated, costa slightly arched, hmdm'argin sinuate, oblique ; 

 whitish, more or less ochreous-tinged, especially in female, with 

 coarse irregular scattered blackish-grey strigulse ; costa with fine 

 oblique blackish-grey strigulae, and four small dark ochreous- 

 grey spots towards apex ; basal patch dark ochreous-grey 

 strigulated with whitish, in female obsolete above middle, its 

 outer edge extending from costa at one-fourth to inner margin 

 beyond one-third, very obtusely angulated about middle ; central 

 fascia dark ochreous-grey, ill-defined, oblique, running from 

 middle of costa to inner margin before anal angle, slender towards 

 costa, rather broader beneath, containing a short longitudinal 

 black mark near inner margin, above which is often a small 

 silvery spot ; beyond central fascia the wing is more or less 

 suffused with ochreous-grey, except on a partially whitish, strongly 

 silvery-margined, oval patch on anal angle, extending about half 

 across wing, and containing near its posterior edge three black 

 dots; above this patch is sometimes a blackish mark towards apex: 

 cilia silvery- white, mixed with ochreous-grey points, and becom- 

 ing dark grey towards apex. Hind wings rather thinly scaled, 

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

 -and a faint grey central line. 



A dull-looking species, but not closely resembling any other. 



Common near cultivated ground, and also comes freely to light ; 

 occurs round Sydney, Parramatta, and Morpeth, New South 

 Wales, and at Melbourne, from December to March, and in July ; 

 I have also receiv ed it from the district of Duaringa, in Queens- 

 land. Prof. Zeller informs me that the larva feeds on Alihea 

 and Lavatera (Malvace&J, with either of which it may have 

 been introduced. 



13. PAL^EOBIA, n. g. 



Thorax smooth. Antennae in male ciliated. Palpi moderate, 

 porrected, second joint with a long dense tuft of hairs beneath 

 towards apex, terminal joint concealed. Posterior tibiae fringed 



