BY E. MEYRICK. 1119 



1. Perissectis, n.g. 



Antennae l-l, in ^ stout, joints incised, simple. Palpi moderate, 

 straight, porrected, basal and second joints clothed with dense 

 rough projecting scales, terminal joint moderate, smooth, cylin- 

 drical. Posterior tibiae densely rough-haired. Forewings with 

 vein 7 from angle, 8 and 9 out of 10, 11 out of 10 above 8. Hind- 

 wings as in forewings. 



Endemic ; a special development of Porina. 



1. Per. australasiae, Don. 



(Repialus australasiae, Don. Ins. New Holl., Walk. Bomb. 

 1558; Elhamma inconclusa, Walk. Bomb. 1562; Pielus invarmSy 

 Walk. SuppL 599.) 



(J. 37-42 mm., Q. 52-85 mm. Head and thorax ochreous or 

 brownish, often reddish-tinged. Antennae light ferruginous. Ab- 

 domen light ochreous, reddish-tinged. Forewings elongate, sub- 

 triangular, costa slightly arched, apex rectangular, hindmargin 

 obliquely rounded continuously with inner margin, in ^ wing much 

 more elongate and hindmargin more oblique ; ochreous, more or 

 less rosy-tinged, especially in 9, thinly sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous, and generally suflfusedly spotted and marbled throughout 

 with cloudy fuscous, more distinctly in $ ; usually more or less 

 distinct darker fuscous irregular band from J of inner margin to 

 apex, sometimes quite obsolete : cilia whitish-ochreous, base 

 fuscous, barred with dark fuscous. Hindwings in $ yellow-ochre- 

 ous, slightly rosy-tinged, sometimes more or less infuscated except 

 towards base ; in 9 pale ochreous-rosy, apex more ochreous. 



Sydney and Blackheath (3500 feet). New South Wales ; Mel- 

 bourne, Victoria ; from February to April, common. 



2. Porina, Walk. 



Antennae ]-% in ^ bipectinated or more or less shortly bidentate. 

 Palpi moderate, porrected, basal joint rough-haired, second joint 

 rough-haired or almost smooth, terminal joint smooth, sometimes 



