BY E. MEYRICK. 585 



base white. Thorax white, with a pale orange stripe on each side 

 of back, patagia orange. Abdomen whitish-ochreous-grey. Legs 

 whitish, anterior pair grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa 

 moderately arched, apex acute, hindmargin and inner margin con- 

 tinuous, nearly straight ; bright orange, becoming pale yellow 

 towards costa and sometimes towards inner margin also ; costal 

 edge blackish-grey ; a slender white streak along anterior half of 

 costa ; in (J a white longitudinal median streak from base, 

 gradually dilated posteriorly so as to extend along costa from § to 

 apex, sprinkled with blackish-grey posteriorly, including a round 

 blackish dot before middle and another at f ; in 9 a ferruginous 

 streak of same form, without black dots : cilia pale greyish- 

 ochi'eous, becoming dark grey at apex on terminal half, in ^ above 

 apex white sprinkled with dark grey, in J becoming orange or 

 ferruginous towards base, tii)s white on costa. Hind wings and 

 cilia grey. 



Geraldton, York, and Albany, West Australia ; from October 

 to December, common. 



162. Zell. pyroletica^ n.sp. 



(J. 17 mm. Head yellowish-white, face pale ochreous, sides 

 ferruginous. Palpi whitish. Antennae light grey, towards base 

 white. Thorax white, with a pale orange stripe on each side of 

 back, patagia orange except inner edge. Abdomen whitish-grey- 

 ochreous. Legs rather dark fuscous, posterior pair whitish. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa moderately arched, apex 

 acute, rather produced, hindmargin and inner margin continuous, 

 nearly straight ; pale orange, darker towards costa ; costal edge 

 very finely blackish ; a slender white streak along anterior half of 

 costa ; a suffused white median longitudinal streak from base to 

 middle, lower edge extended as a fine streak above submedian 

 fold to above anal angle ; a suffused white subdorsal streak and a 

 narrow dorsal streak from base to near anal angle, tending to be 

 partially confluent, indistinct posteriorly : cilia pale greyish- 

 ochreous, basal half deep orange on costa and upper half of hind- 

 margin, terminal half blackish at apex. Hindwings grey ; cilia 

 pale greyish-ochreous. 



