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127. P. trachyphanes, n.sp. 



9. 9-10 mm. Head ochreous-white, crown more or less 

 sprinkled with fuscous. Palpi whitish, basal joint dark fuscous, 

 terminal joint and apex of second more or less sprinkled with 

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

 fuscous, obscurely whitish-ringed. Thorax whitish, irrorated with 

 fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs dark grey ringed 

 with white, hairs of posterior tibiae whitish. Forewings pointed; 

 2 and 3 approximated only; light grey, irregularly irrorated with 

 white and dark fuscous; blackish subcostal and dorsal marks near 

 base, and a plical mark beyond these; stigmata rather large, 

 cloudy, dark fuscous, plical rather beyond first discal; posterior 

 half of costa and termen with alternate cloudy spots of white 

 and dark fuscous irroration : cilia whitish with several rows of 

 dark fuscous points, median line marked with blackish dots. 

 Hind wings 1, apex acute, considerably produced, termen sinuate- 

 emarginate ; whitish-grey, becoming grey towards apex; cilia 

 ochreous-grey-whitish. 



Geraldton, West Australia, in November; three specimens. 



128. P. prisca, n.sp. 



(J9. 8-11 mm. Head and thorax fuscous finely irrorated with 

 whitish. Palpi fuscous, more or less mixed with white and dark 

 fuscous, terminal joint as long as second. Antennae fuscous- 

 whitish, ringed with dark fuscous. Abdomen light fuscous. 

 Legs dark fuscous ringed with whitish, hairs of posterior tibiae 

 ochreous-whitish. Forewings with costa moderately arched, apex 

 tolerably acute, termen very obliquely rounded; 2 and 3 approxi- 

 mated only; fuscous, very finely irrorated with whitish; stigmata 

 faintly darker or quite obsolete, plical rather beyond first discal: 

 cilia fuscous, finely irrorated with whitish. Hindwings 1, apex 

 pointed, considerably produced, termen sinuate-emarginate; pale 

 grey, somewhat darker posteriorly; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Sydney, New South Wales, in October and February; eight 

 specimens. A very obscure-looking species, but readily separated 

 from the equally obscure P. frugalis by the broader forewings. 



