338 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XVIII., 



84. Forewings with five oblique series of cloudy dark 



spots 154. thyridota. 



Forewings without such series 85. 



85. Stigmata accompanied by white dots 152, anthracina. 



Stigmata not accompanied by white dots 140. elputis. 



118. P. tetraploa, n.sp. 



Q. 15 mm. Head ochreous- white, back of crown dark fuscous. 

 Palpi ochreous-white, base dark fuscous, Anteunse ochreous- 

 white, ringed with dark fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous. Abdo- 

 men light ochreous-yellowish. Legs dark fuscous, ringed with 

 ochreous-whitish, posterior pair ochreous-whitish. Forewings 

 moderate, suboblong, costa gently arched, more strongly towards 

 base, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, rather oblique; 2 and 

 3 connate; dark fuscous; a very broad ochreous-white transverse 

 fascia extending from near base to J; an ochreous-white costal 

 dot beyond middle; a rather narrow ochreous-white inwards- 

 curved fascia from f of costa to before tornus : cilia ochreous- 

 whitish, on costa yellowish, above apex and at tornus with broad 

 rather dark fuscous bars. Hind wings 1, apex rounded, termen 

 hardly sinuate; 6 and 7 approximated; grey, darker towards apex; 

 cilia pale yellowish, at apex with a broad grey bar. 



Melbourne, Victoria: one specimen (Raynor). 



119. P. telopis, n.sp. 

 9. 13 mm. Head dark purplish-bronzy, face ochreous-white. 

 Palpi ochreous-white, terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennae 

 dark fuscous. Thorax dark purplish-fuscous, patagia ochreous- 

 white. Abdomen ochreous-fuscous. Legs dark fuscous ringed 

 with whitish, hairs of posterior tibite ochreous-whitish. Fore- 

 wings with costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen very 

 obliquely rounded; 2 and 3 stalked; dark brown, on termen 

 purplish-tinged; a large ochreous-white patch extending along 

 costa from base (except a dark fuscous basal dot) to f , reaching 

 about J across wing and at base to dorsum, lower edge sinuate- 

 indented posteriorly, posterior edge outwardly oblique from costa, 

 somewhat curved; an ochreous-whitish triangular dot on middle 

 of costa; a moderate ochreous-white fascia from J of costa towards 



