BY E, MEYRICK. 799 



6. Phriss. insigillatics, Walk. 

 (Eujnthecia insigillata, Walk. 1245.) 



(J9- 17-19 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish, finely sprinkled with blackish ; palpi about 1. Antennfe 

 grey-wliitish, in ^ ciliated (|). Legs whitish, anterior pair partially 

 suffused with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa 

 gently arched, in ^ on upper surface with a deep circular impres- 

 sion immediately below costa in middle, surrounded with dense 

 rough more or less erect hairs, hindmargin bowed, very oblique ; 

 veins in J" partially distorted, 4 and 5 anteriorly approximated ; 

 grey-whitish, with numerous curved waved cloudy grej'' or reddish- 

 grey transverse lines, partially marked with black on veins ; 

 margins of median band in ^ obsolete, in ^ slenderly blackish, 

 distinct, anterior running from ^ of costa to \ of inner margin, 

 curved, posterior running from f of costa to f of inner margin, 

 obtusely angulated near costa and again in middle ; in J" a slender 

 curved whitish-ochreous longitudinal streak in disc from middle 

 to f , margined beneath with blackish ; an interrupted blackish 

 hindmarginal line : cilia grey-whitish, obscurely barred with grey. 

 Hindwings with hindmargin rounded, crenulate on lower half; 

 grey- whitish, with numerous nearly straight waved grey or reddish- 

 grey transverse lines, somewhat bent towards costa ; margins of 

 median band slenderly blackish, anterior near base, straight, 

 posterior obtusely angulated near costa, otherwise straight ; hind- 

 marginal line and cilia as in forewings. 



Glen Innes (3500 feet) and Sydney, New South Wales ; 

 Melbourne, Victoria ; Mount Lofty, South Australia ; Albany 

 Perth, and York, West Australia; from August to November, 

 in February, and April, common. 



7. Phryss. pyretodes, n.sp. 



^. 22-23 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen whitish- 

 ochreous, tinged with fuscous-reddish and sprinkled with black ; 

 palpi 1|. Antennae whitish-ochreous, ciliated (^). Legs dark 



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