BY E. MEYRICK. 1183 



rounded ; fuscous, densely irrorated with whitish, and with scat- 

 tered dark fuscous scales, more or less irregularly suffused in disc 

 with whitish-ochreous ; four small tufts of raised scales, blackish 

 on anterior side, first beneath costa near base, second beneath 

 costa at J, third in disc before middle, fourth in disc above 

 middle ; lines slender, dark fuscous ; first from J of costa to J of 

 inner margin, irregular, acutely angulated outwards in middle, 

 passing through second tuft, and angle terminating in third ; 

 second line from 5 of costa to | of inner margin, nearly straight, 

 sharply dentate throughout ; subterminal obscurely paler, sub- 

 dentate, anteriorly margined by a straight cloudy dark fuscous 

 shade running from apex to before anal angle ; an interrupted 

 black hindmarginal line : cilia fuscous, irrorated with whitish. 

 Hindwings with hindmargin rounded ; fuscous, sometimes paler 

 and tinged with whitish-ochreous; an indistinct darker discal dot; 

 a cloudy dark fuscous hindmarginal line ; cilia light fuscous, 

 sprinkled with whitish, sometimes whitish-ochreous. 



Geraldton and Perth, West Australia, in November ; three 

 specimens. An eccentric species, specially characterised by the 

 tufts on surface of forewings ; the unusually long palpi are also 

 unusually variable in length, and the same peculiarity may be 

 observed in D. consignata. 



49. Dichr. orectis, n.sp. 



(J 9. 20-23 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous or greyisli, 

 densely and suffused ly irrorated j with whitish, sometimes with 

 scattered blackish scales. Palpi 2^, dark fuscous, towards base 

 white beneath, upper edge sprinkled with white. Antennae grey, 

 pectinations 5. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous, sprinkled with 

 dark fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, apex of joints whitish, femora 

 and posterior tibise irrorated with whitish. Forewings triangular, 

 hindmargin rounded ; fuscous or light fuscous, densely irrorated 

 with whitish and sprinkled with black ; a blackish dot or trans- 

 verse mark beneath costa near base ; first line obscurely whitish, 

 from before J of costa to | of inner margin, posteriorly margined 

 with blackish, sometimes very thickly, nearly straight, slightly 



