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tornus, but not quite reaching it, narrowed downwards: cilia 

 pale yellow-ochreous, infuscated towards tornus, with a dark 

 fuscous subbasal line on termen, above apex with a broad dark 

 fuscous bar. Hindwings 1, apex tolerably pointed, termen hardly 

 sinuate; tawny, posteriorly infuscated; cilia tawny, 

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



120. P. desmatra, Low. 

 {Gelechia desmatra, Low., Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr., 1897, 56.) 

 (J9. 11-13 mm. Head and thorax yellow-whitish or whitish- 

 yellow, sides of crown round antenn£e dark fuscous. Palpi white, 

 terminal joint blackish except anterior edge. Antennae whitish- 

 ochreous, basal joint dark fuscous, apical half ringed with dark 

 fuscous. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish-yellowish. Legs dark 

 grey ringed with whitish, hairs of posterior tibiae ochreous- whitish. 

 Forewings with costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen 

 very obliquely rounded; 2 and 3 connate; whitish, more or less 

 wholly suffused with pale ochreous-yellowish; extreme costal edge 

 dark fuscous near base; a moderate dark brown median fascia, 

 extremities strongly angularly produced anteriorly, and slightly 

 posteriorly; a dark brown patch occupying apical fourth of wing, 

 produced anteriorly at extremities to near median fascia, enclos- 

 ing several oblique white marks on costa and a row of white 

 scales before termen ; terminal line dark fuscous : cilia light 

 orange, tips whitish-yellowish, towards tornus brownish, on costa 

 spotted with dark fuscous and whitish. Hindwings over 1, apex 

 pointed, termen sinuate ; light fuscous ; cilia whitish-fuscous, 

 slightly yellowish-tinged, tips whitish. 



Glen Innes, Sydney, Bulli, Bathurst, and Broken Hill, New 

 South Wales; Melbourne, Victoria; Adelaide, Wirrabara, Quorn, 

 and Port Lincoln, South Australia; from October to December, a 

 common species; twenty sj^ecimens. 



121. P. exarista, n.sp. 



(J, 12 mm. Head dark fuscous, face ochreous-white. Palpi 

 yellowish-white, terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennae, thorax, 



