BY K. MteYRICK. 239 



grey suffusion; central fascia moderate, oblique, sometimes nar- 

 rowed towards costa, tovvards dorsum ill-marked or obsolete; 

 costal patch moderate, semioval at about ^; more or less dark 

 suffusion towards termen: cilia reddish-fuscous, more or less mixed 

 with dark grey, extreme tips ochreous-whitish on termen. Hind- 

 wings grey, darker-strigulateJ; cilia ochreous-grey-whitish, with 

 two grey shades. 



Vic: Gisborne, Beaconsfield(Lyell); in February and March, 

 two specimens. Type in Coll. Lyell. 



185. T. piperata, n.sp. 



(J. 17 mm. Head and thorax fuscous. Palpi brownish, 

 beneath suffused with dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations •^. 

 (Abdomen broken.) Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, 

 costa gently arched, without fold, apex obtuse, termen slightly 

 rounded, rather oblique; light fuscous, with small scattered fer- 

 ruginous-brown strigulse, some on costa marked with black; a 

 narrow irregular oblique ferruginous-brown streak marked with 

 black from |- of costa to above middle of disc, and a small similar 

 spot beneath costa before | : cilia light fuscous. Hindwings 

 bluish-hyaline, strewn with black specks; veins and a moderate 

 terminal fascia grey; cilia light grey, with interrupted dark grey 

 subbasal shade. 



Q,: Brisbane(Turner); one specimen. 



186. T.ferrea, n.sp. 



(J. 18-20 mm. Head, palpi, aud thorax varying from light to 

 rather dark fuscous. Antennae with moderate ciliation3(l) at 

 apex of joints only. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, 

 posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, without fold, apex 

 obtuse, termen nearly straight, rather oblique; light greyish- 

 ochreous to brownish, strigulated throughout with fuscous or 

 dark fuscous, these strigulse almost obsolete in the darkest .speci- 

 men but very strong and numerous in the lightest: an oldique 

 fuscous streak from costa at f to above middle of disc, dilated 

 beneath, sometimes obsolete; costal patch rather small, triangular, 



