664 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



dark fuscous. Thorax dark grey, on shoulders ochreous- whitish. 

 Abdomen grey. Legs whitish, anterior tibiae and all tarsi ringed 

 with dark fuscous. Forewings moderately narrow, somewhat 

 broader posteriorly, costa moderately arched, apex strongly but 

 obtusely produced, hindmargin rounded beneath ; white, with a 

 few irregular dark grey strigulse ; costa strigulated throughout 

 with dark grey ; a dark grey broadly semi-oval patch on anterior 

 half of inner margin, extending almost from base to middle, at 

 its broadest part reaching more than half across wing, posteriorly 

 merged into an ill-defined grey suffusion extending along inner 

 margin to anal angle ; central fascia dark ferruginous, narrow, 

 oblique, starting from middle of costa, beneath middle merged 

 in the grey suffusion ; an ill-defined dark ferruginous elongate- 

 triangular patch towards apex, its base resting on apex and 

 upper half of hindmargin, its apex meeting central fascia above 

 middle ; a narrow ill-defined greyish suffusion along lower half 

 of hindmargin ; cilia silvery grey. Hind wings fuscous-grey ; 

 cilia grey-whitish, with an indistinct darker line near base. 



Differs from both the preceding species by the costa being 

 white beyond middle, so that there is a distinct well-defined 

 central fascia ; the grey dorsal patch is rather more restricted 

 and more clearly defined, and the insect is considerably larger. 

 From P. erythrana, which is also smaller, it is at once separated 

 by the well-defined grey dorsal patch towards base, and the 

 absence of the dark ferruginous streak along anterior half of 

 costa. 



One specimen taken by Mr. Gr. H. Eaynor at Warragul, in 

 Gippsland, Victoria, in December. 



4. Pal. erythrana, n. sp. 



^ . 5£". Head ochreous-fuscous, face whitish. Palpi white, 

 second joint with two dark fuscous spots, tuft dark fuscous 

 towards extremity. Antenna? grey. Thorax brownish-ochreous, 

 paler posteriorly. Abdomen dark grey, with an ochreous band 



