BY E. MEYRICK. 155- 



dark fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, 

 narrow, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen slightly rounded, very ol)lique; white, or in 

 Sydney form grey-whitish, more or less irregularly irrorated with 

 grey and sprinkled with dark fuscous; markings blackish-fuscous; 

 a semioval spot on base of costa, and a subdorsal dot near base; 

 six small spots on posterior | of costa; an inwards-oblique some- 

 times interrupted linear mark in disc beyond ^; a more or less 

 defined elongate blotch above middle of disc, terminated by two 

 small round spots partly edged with white; a small spot on fold 

 before middle, and one on dorsum at 4; these markings are 

 accompanied by raised tufts, and sometimes edged posteriorly 

 with pale ochreous suflPusion; a more or less indistinct irregular 

 subterminal streak of dark suffusion; some very indistinct dark 

 spots on termen : cilia whitish, with two or three cloudy grey 

 shades, sometimes broken into bars. Hindwings and cilia 

 whitish. 



N.S.W.: Sydney, in September — -TASiM.: Mount Wellington, 

 3100 feet, in December; seven specimens. Specially charac- 

 terised by the spot on base of costa. 



21. P. rhacJiias, n.sp. 



(J9, ir>-14mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi white, base 

 and lower longitudinal half dark fuscous. Abdomen in ^ light 

 grey, in 9 whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, rather 

 dilated posteriorly, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, 

 termen almost straight, rather strongly oblique; white, more or 

 less faintly tinged with greyisliochreous except towards costa 

 anteriorly, with a few fine black specks, veins posteriorly marked 

 with faint greyish-ochreous streaks; a short black strigula on 

 costa beyond J, and five longer oblique black strigulee on posterior 

 half of costa; a dot of ochreous-grey and black irroration accom- 

 panied by a tuft of scales beneath fold at ^, another above fold 

 at f, a third at lower angle of cell, and a small irregular blackish 

 spot at upper angle of cell; a blackish line or series of marks 

 along termen : cilia fuscous irrorated with whitish, paler towards 

 tornus. Hindwings and cilia whitish-grey. 



