272 DESCRIPTIOXS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XVIII., 



George's Bay, Tasmania; Geraldton and Perth, AVest Aus- 

 tralia; in November and December, four specimens. The 

 unusually short tuft of the palpi is in this species liable to be 

 overlooked. 



24. P. sciopola, n.sp. 



9. 11 mm. Head and thorax grey-whitish. Palpi white, 

 second joint dark fuscous except apex, tuft moderate, apex of 

 terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennae grey-whitish, ringed with 

 dark fuscous. Abdomen grey. Legs dark fuscous, apex of joints 

 whitish, posterior tibiae whitish-grey. Forewings pointed; grey, 

 irrorated with dark fuscous; plical and second discal stigmata 

 black : cilia pale fuscous; with basal series of blackish dots along 

 costa and termen. Hindwings light grey; cilia pale fuscous. 



Sydney, New South Wales, in October; one specimen. 



25. P. actias, n.sp. 



^9. 10-11 mm. Head and thorax white, tinged with greyish. 

 ochreous. Palpi white, second joint blackish except apex, tuft 

 moderate, terminal joint blackish anteriorly towards tip. An- 

 tennae whitish, ringed with greyish-ochreous. Abdomen whitish- 

 grey, in ^ more whitish. Legs dark fuscous, posterior pair white. 

 Forewings long-pointed; light shining golden-ochreous; a broad 

 white costal streak from base to apex, lower edge posteriorly 

 suffused and more or less mixed with dark fuscous; a white dorsal 

 suffused streak from base to tornus; sometimes some indistinct 

 whitish streaks and dark fuscous scales towards termen : cilia 

 whitish-ochreous. Hindwings pale grey; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Hobart, Tasmania; Adelaide, South Australia; Geraldton, 

 York, and Perth, West Australia; from October to December, 

 ten specimens. 



4. Megacraspedus, Zeil. 



Antennae i, in ^ shortly ciliated, basal joint moderately 

 elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, curved, ascending, 

 second joint densely scaled, with projecting apical tuft beneath 

 (sometimes very short), terminal joint as long as second or seldom 



