51 



densely irrorated with dark fuscous. Porewings elongate, costa 

 moderately arched, apex rounded, hindmargin very obliquely 

 rounded ; 7 to apex ; ashy -grey, with scattered whitish scales ; 

 veins partially marked with slender blackish lines, most distinctly 

 in disc and towards hindmargin, elsewhere hardly perceptibly; 

 the white scales tend to form streaks in disc along these lines, 

 and sometimes one or two small indistinct spots before middle of 

 disc; two black dots transversely placed in disc at ^, lower rather 

 anterior, connected by a white posteriorly blackish-margined 

 mark, followed by a cloudy roundish brownish-ochreous suffusion; 

 some blackish scales forming an indistinct subapical suffusion : 

 cilia whitish, with fuscous bars irrorated with black. Hindwings 

 fuscous, more whitish-fuscous and ochreous-tinged anteriorly, 

 hindmargin darker ; cilia fuscous-whitish, with a fuscous basal 

 line. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; in October and November, three 

 specimens. Larva 16-legged, rather stout, cylindrical, with 

 scattered hairs ; whitish-grey ; sides somewhat marbled with dull 

 obscure purplish ; spots moderate, raised, black ; head rough, 

 black ; second segment reddish-brown, paler posteriorly, with a 

 suffused black transverse band. Feeds on Crowea scdigna, resid- 

 ing in a barricaded tunnel in fork of stem, and drawing up leaves 

 for food, in September. 



44. Lich. musica, n. sp. 



Both sexes 1 7-2 0mm. 'Head greyish-ochreous mixed with white. 

 Palpi white, more or less irrorated with greyish-ochreous. An- 

 tenna? whitish, obscurely annulated with grey, ciliations in male 1^. 

 Thorax greyish-ochreous, mixed with wdiite and sprinkled w4th 

 black. Abdomen grey-whitish. Legs whitish, anterior and middle 

 pair suffusedly banded with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 moderate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin 

 rather oblique, nearly straight, rounded beneath ; 7 to hind- 

 margin ; greyish-ochreous, irrorated with white ; some scattered 

 black scales, tending to form more or less distinct streaks on 

 veins, especially near hindmargin beneath apex, where in male they 

 form a conspicuous triangular patch ; a short indistinct outwardly 

 oblique darker streak from inner margin at ^ ; obscure indica- 

 tions of a cloudy somewhat darker fascia from middle of costa to 

 inner margin before anal angle ; two black dots transversely 

 placed in disc at |, followed by a small obscure white suffusion ; 

 cilia whitish, mixed with ochreous, and barred with blackish 

 irroration. Hindwings fuscous, paler towards base; cilia fuscous- 

 whitish, with a fuscous line. 



Port Lincoln, South Australia'; Geraldton and Perth, West 

 Australia ; in I^ovember, three specimens. 



