BY E. MEYEiICK, B.A. 1055 



(J 9- 13-20 mm. Head white, face beneath and collar ochveous. 

 Palpi white, second joint yellow-ochieous or ochreous-brown 

 except apex. Antennae ochreous or fuscous. Thorax white. 

 Abdomen light yellow-ochreous. Legs brownish-ochreous, ])osterior 

 pair yellow-ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently 

 arched, apex tolerably acute, hindmargin somewhat sinuate, 

 extremely oblique ; snow-white, with ochreous-orange or ferru- 

 ginous markings ; a short streak from base of costa along inner 

 margin to ^ ; a narrow fascia, very oblique inwardly, from middle 

 of costa, not reaching inner margin ; a short irregular inwardly 

 oblique streak from inner margin before anal angle, not reaching 

 middle ; two small dots on costa between middle and apex ; a 

 moderate streak from costa before apex to disc beyond middle, 

 thence rectangularly bent and continued to anal angle ; a row of 

 small confluent spots before hindmargin : cilia white or ochreous- 

 white, above apex fuscous. Hindwings pale grey, ochreous- 

 tinged ; cilia light yellow-ochreous. 



Differs from all by the short basal dorsal streak and brighter 

 markings. 



Brisbane and Toowoomba (2000 feet), Queensland ; Newcastle, 

 Sydney, Bathurst (2000 feet), and Mitiagong (2000 feet), New 

 South Wales ; Melbourne, Victoria; common from September to 

 April, and in July, appai-ently attached to Acacia. 



I have quoted Cri/ptolechia ahstersella, Walk , among the 

 synonyms of this species, but it would have been impossible to 

 employ the name for this or any species ; Walker appears in this 

 instance to have attained a maximum of confusion. It will be 

 apparent to anyone who will compare Walker's Latin diagnosis 

 with his English description that they must have been drawn from 

 totally different insects, without a particle of resemblance to each 

 other ; and an examination of the Museum types will further 

 show that neither the diagnosis nor the description can be 

 intended to refer to them. The Latin diagnosis is certainly 

 unindentifiable with any species known to me, and probaibly 

 insufficient and erroneous, and may be disregarded ; the English 



