BY E. MEYRICK. 1121 



yellowish-ochreous, more or less suffused with fuscous. Forewings 

 rather elongate-triangular, costa posteriorly gently arched^ apex 

 obtuse, hindraargin oblique, gently rounded continuously with 

 inner margin ; ochreous-brown or dark brown, sometimes lighter 

 in disc, often irrorated with ochreous-whitish ; live or six tolerably 

 parallel curved transverse series of small triangular or trapezoidal 

 dark fuscous spots, sometimes centred with ochreous ; rarely a 

 cloudy suffused white longitudinal streak in disc ; a hindmarginal 

 series of small dark fuscous spots : cilia fuscous or ochreous. Hind- 

 wings yellow-ochreous, more or less suffused with fuscous poste- 

 riorly ; sometimes a faint posterior series of small fuscous spots ; 

 cilia brownish- ochreous. 



Melbourne, Victoria ; Launceston, Tasmania ; Adelaide, South 

 Australia ; twelve specimens. The longer antennal pectinations 

 (5) will distinguish this at once from all others. 



3. Por. mtstralis, Walk. 



(Oxycanus aitstralis, Walk. Bomb. 1574 ; Pielus maculosuSy 

 Feld. pi. Lxxxi. 1.) 



(J. 68-84 mm. Head and thorax fuscous. Antennal pectina- 

 tions 3. Forewings ochreous-fuscous ; numerous irregular small 

 silvery-white dark-margined spots, larger and more irregular 

 anteriorly, posteriorly arranged in three transverse series : cilia 

 fuscous. Hindwings ochreous, fuscous-tinged. 



Tasmania ; live specimens. 



4. Por. dire'iiij^ta, Walk. 



{Porina diremjjta. Walk. Suppl. 597.) 



(J. 68 mm. Head and thorax rather dark fuscous. Antennal 

 pectinations IJ, terminating in tufts of cilia. Abdomen yellow- 

 ochreous. Forewings fuscous, becoming ochreous in disc an- 

 teriorly ; anterior half of costa suffused with dark fuscous ; a 

 whitish longitudinal streak in disc from base, suffused on posterior 

 half into a broad fuscous-whitish cloud extending to anal angle ; 



