BY OSWALD B. LOWER. 45 



PSEUDOTERPNA CA&TANEA, 11. Sp. 



(J. 40 mm. Head, palpi, thorax and abdomen grey-whitish, 

 collar narrowly chestnut-brown. Antennae whitish, pectinations 

 at greatest length 3, pale ochreous, pectinations continued to 

 apex. Forewings elongate-triangular; costa straight, hiiidmargin 

 crenulate; pale ochreous; a fine chestnut-brown line beneath costa 

 from base to about \ edged by its own width of ochreous-whitish 

 above; 2 or 3 lonoitudinal streaks of chestnut-brown between this 

 and costa; a waved streak from inner margin at ^ to extremit}- 

 of first-mentioned streak ; a broad lighter median fascia from 

 beyond middle of costa to middle of inner margin, anterior edge 

 well defined, angulated immediately beneath costa and in middle, 

 posterior edge hai-dly traceable except above inner margin where 

 it is dark fuscous; a sufifused fuscous spot on costa just before 

 apex, followed by a triangular white spot, whence proceeds a 

 moderate whitish subterminal line mixed with spots of chestnut- 

 brown throughout but more distinct above middle; a fine chestnut- 

 brown hindmarginal line almost obsolete on upper half. Hind- 

 wings with hindmargin crenulate, more prominent in middle; 

 colour and markings as in forewings, but first line absent, and 

 subterminal line edged on either side with a line of brown. 

 Underside of forewings with a transverse reddish-fuscous patch 

 at f of costa, more or less sufFusedly continued across wing to 

 half. Hindwings with a large roundish dark fuscous apical 

 patch. 



Liverpool, New South Wales; one specimen (Coll. Lyell) 

 taken on " Tea-tree." 



The species under notice bears a close superficial resemblance to 

 some species of SeJidosema. Mr.- Lyell informs me that the 

 larvEe spin a silky cocoon on the " Tea-tree," the bark of which 

 the imago closely resembles. 



PHYCIDID.5). 



Salebria placoxantha, n.sp. 



2. 12 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-ochreous, terminal 

 joint of palpi fuscous externally. Antennte fuscous, annulated 



