342 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XVIII., 



moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; 2 and 

 3 almost connate; white, somewhat sprinkled with dark fuscous; 

 costal edge ochreous-tinged; slight dark fuscous costal marks at 4 

 and before middle; a rounded-triangular dark fuscous blotch 

 darker and more sharply defined on upper half, extending along 

 dorsum from J to beyond middle, and reaching § across wing; a 

 broad rather dark fuscous fascia from f of costa to tornus, enclos- 

 ing two pale ochreous costal dots, anterior edge undefined, con- 

 cave, posterior edge sharper, straight; a dark fuscous terminal line 

 extended round apex : cilia white, basal half ochreous-tinged, 

 with a fuscous median line on upper part of termen. Hindwings 

 somewhat over 1, apex round-pointed, termen faintly sinuate; 

 whitish-fuscous, terminal half light fuscous; cilia whitish-ochreous, 

 becoming whitish-yellowish towards tornus. 



Newcastle and Sydney, New South Wales, from November to 

 January; three specimens. 



126. P. jyacifica, n.sp. 



jj^. 10-12 mm. Head and thorax whitish irrorated with 

 fuscous. Palpi whitish, more or less sprinkled with dark fuscous, 

 terminal joint as long as second. Antennae dark fuscous, more 

 or less obscurely ringed with whitish. Abdomen whitish-fuscous. 

 Legs dark fuscous ringed with whitish, hairs of posterior tibiae 

 ochreous-whitish. Fore wings with costa moderately arched, apex 

 round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; 2 and 3 approxi- 

 mated only; light greyish-ochreous, irregularly sprinkled with 

 white and dark fuscous; markings cloudy, formed of dark golden- 

 brown irroration mixed with dark fuscous; small spots at base of 

 costa and dorsum; a dorsal suffusion from \ to near tornus; stig- 

 mata rather large, plical somewhat beyond first discal; a small 

 undefined white costal spot before middle; a broad undefined 

 fascia from costa beyond this to tornus : cilia whitish, with 

 fuscous and dark fuscous points forming three or four more or 

 less developed lines. Hindwings 1, apex round-pointed, termen 

 sinuate; whitish-grey; cilia ochreous-grey-whitish. 



Sydney, New South Wales; York, West Australia; from Sep- 

 tember to April, fourteen specimens. 



