BY E. MEYRICK, B.A., F.E.S. 931 



522. (15a.) Lep. leucodetis, n.sp. 



(^9 16-17 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, more or 

 less rosy-tinged. Palpi ochreous-whitish. Antennae white. 

 Abdomen and legs pale whitish-ochreous, anterior legs rosy- 

 tinged. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched, 

 apex pointed, hind margin concave, oblique ; pale yellowish- 

 ochreous, more or less suft'used with pale rosy ; a nearly straight 

 slender white fascia from ; of costa to f of inner margin, 

 anteriorly suffusedly margined with fuscous ; a fuscous dot in 

 disc at § : cilia whitish-ochreous, mixed with pale rosy. Hind- 

 wings and cilia pale whitish-ochreous. 



Gei^aldton, West Australia ; two specimens in November, from 

 Kunzea (?). 



523 (15b.) Lep. 2yroteis, n. sp. 



^2- 17-19 mm. Head, palpi, and antennae white or whitish. 

 Thorax greyish-ochi'eous or rarely white, more or less rosy-tinged. 

 Abdomen and legs grey-whitish, anterior legs mixed with grey and 

 pale rosy. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa moderately 

 arched, apex pointed, hindmargin somewhat concave, rather 

 strongly oblique ; greyish-ochreous or rarely whitish, more or less 

 strongly rosy-tinged, sometimes pale rosy irrorated with grey, or 

 rarely wholly suffused with rather dark grey beyond first fascia ; 

 costal edge white ; in whitish specimens a rosy-ochreous streak 

 along inner margin ; two straight oblique linear cloudy dark grey 

 fascise, sometimes wholly absent, in white specimens more 

 ochreous, extremities generally indistinct ; first from ^ of costa to 

 f of inner margin, second from | of costa to below middle of hind- 

 margin ; a blackish dot in disc at §, sometimes absent ; apex often 

 suffused with grey : cilia concolorous with wing, generally with 

 grey apical and anal spots. Hind wings pale grey or whitish-grey ; 

 cilia grey-whitish. 



Albany, West Australia ; beaten commonly from Lejytospermum 

 on swampy flats, in December. A very variable species, but 

 easily distinguished. 



