1074 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



across wing ; a dark purple- fuscous apical suffusion, extending 

 nearly to this spot and sometimes partially confluent with it at the 

 base and apex : cilia dai'k fuscous. Hindwings ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, veins 3 and 4 from a point ; dark fuscous ; cilia dark 

 fuscous. 



Larva feeds between joined leaves of Eucalyptus tereticornis ; 

 pupa in a firm flattened cocoon in same position ; found in August. 



Sydney and Blackheath (.3500 feet), New South Wales ; seven 

 specimens from September to November, usually at rest on fences. 



384. Ocyst. acrohai^hes, n. sp. 



Minor, alls ant. dilute ochx-eo-flavis, macula anguli analis parva 

 saturate fusca ; post, griseis. 



(J. 18 mm. Head light yellow-ochreous. Palpi ochreous- 

 whitish, anterior edge dark grey, terminal joint \ of second. 

 Antennae grey, ciliations 3|^. Thorax light yellow-ochreous, 

 anterior margin strongly dark fuscous. Abdomen light greyish- 

 ochreous. Legs dark grey, posterior pair whitish-ochreous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, rather narrow, costa moderately arched, apex 

 tolerably acute, hindmargin very obliquely rounded ; pale 

 ochreous-yellowish ; extreme costal edge dark fuscous at base ; a 

 small roundish dark fuscous spot on anal angle ; some dark fuscous 

 scales at apex : cilia rather dark fuscous, towards middle of hind- 

 margin mixed with pale ochreous-yellowish. Hindwings ovate- 

 lanceolate, round-pointed, veins 3 and 4 from a point ; grey ; cilia 



Sydney, New South Wales ; one specimen in January. 



385. Ocyst. illuta, n. sp. 



Minor, alls ant. dilute ochreo-flavis, dorso usque ad apicem 

 latins fusco-suffuso ; post, fuscis. 



^ 9. 14-18 mm. Head light ochreous-yellow, face ochreous- 

 whitish. Palpi dark grey, internally whitish, terminal joint 

 almost as long as second. Antennte grey, ciliations 3. Thorax 

 light ochreous-yellow, sometimes sufi:used with gieyish, collar and 



