BY E. MEYRICK. 501 



Sydney, Blackheatli (3500 feet), and Shoalhaven, New South 

 Wales ; from October to January, five specimens amongst rocks. 

 Easily known by tlie uniform whitish-grey colouring. 



26. Xysin. apcchroa, n.sp. 



$. 13-14 mm. Head, palpi, anteunjie, thorax, and abdomen 

 white. Legs dark fuscous, posterior pair white. Forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex roundpointed, 

 hindmargin very obliquely rounded ; 7 and 8 stalked ; white : 

 cilia white. Hindwings and cilia white. 



Mount Lofty (2000 feet). South Australia ; two specimens in 

 October. This must not be confused with the equally white 

 Lepidoscia palleuca. 



27. Xysm. pelochroa, n.sp. 



1^. 12-13 mm. Head and palpi ochreous-whitish. Antennse 

 light fuscous. Thorax pale brownish-ochreous. Abdomen dark 

 fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, ))Osterior pair ochreous-whitish. 

 Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, hind- 

 margin rounded, rather strongly oblique ; 7 and 8 stalked ; pale 

 brownish-ochreous, with scattered fuscous scales, tending to form 

 indistinct strigulaj ; sometimes two or three small fuscous spots on 

 inner margin : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings dark fuscous ; 

 cilia fuscous, mixed with whitisli-ochreous towards tips. 



Brisbane, Queensland ; three specimens amongst dense scrub in 

 September. Differs from all in the uniform brownish-ochreous 

 forewings. 



28. Xysm. carlotta, n.sp. 



(^. 12-14 mm. Head ochreous-yellow. Palpi, antennae, and 

 thorax dark fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous, beneath ochreous- 

 yellow. Legs dark fuscous, apex of joints and posterior pair 

 ochreous-yellowish. Forewings elongate, costa gently ai'ched, apex 

 roundpointed, hindmargin rounded, rather strongly oblique; 7 

 absent ; clear ochreous-yellow ; markings dark fuscous ; a streak 

 along basal -| of costa, extended at base to inner margin ; a 

 moderate straight fascia from before middle of costa to beyond 



