BY E. MEYRICK. 289 



barred with white. Hind wings light grey; cilia 3, pale brownish- 

 ochreous. 



Sydney, New South Wales, in September, February, and April; 

 George's Bay, Tasmania, in December; four specimens. Charac- 

 terised by the wholly ochreous-white head, but with the second 

 joint of palpi dark; the white bars in cilia of forewings are 

 also peculiar; this and the next species have fewer dark spots 

 anteriorly than the other two. 



54. A. thetica, n.sp. 



(JQ. 11-13 mm. Head light bronzy-fuscous. Palpi fuscous 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous, terminal joint whitish, dark fuscous 

 at base and becoming blackish towards tip. Antennae fuscous. 

 Thorax bronzy-fuscous. Abdomen light greyish-ochreous. Legs 

 dark fuscous ringed with whitish, hairs of posterior tibiae whitish. 

 Forewings very acutely long-pointed; 7 and 8 out of 6; light 

 bronzy-fuscous sprinkled with dai^k fuscous, sometimes with some 

 whitish scales; a dark fuscous spot on fold at ^, and one beneath 

 costa at J; stigmata moderate, dark fuscous, sometimes more or 

 less surrounded with whitish, plical very obliquely before first discal, 

 which is in middle : cilia pale fuscous, with dark fuscous median 

 line, and two or three rows of dark fuscous points. Hindwings 

 pale grey; cilia 3, pale brownish-ochreous. 



Sydney, New South Wales, in March and September; George's 

 Bay and Hobart, Tasmania, in December and January; eight 

 specimens. Nearest to A. furtiva, but with the head fuscous; 

 both are apparently double-brooded in New South Wales, single- 

 brooded in Tasmania. 



55. A. tetracosma, n.sp. 



(J. 14 mm. Head, antennse, and thorax dark fuscous. Palpi 

 dark fuscous, extreme apex of second joint and a subapical ring 

 of terminal joint white. Abdomen grey. Legs dark fuscous, 

 ringed with white. Forewings long-pointed, 7 and 8 out of 6; 

 dark fuscous, with a faint purplish tinge; an ochreous-white sub- 

 triangular blotch on costa at ^, reaching more than half across 



