344 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XVIIL, 



129. P. di2ylo7iesa, n.sp. 



(J9. 8-9 mm. Head and thorax silvery-white, sometimes 

 ochreous- tinged. Palpi fuscous, more or less mixed with white, 

 terminal joint as long as second. Antennae grey. Abdomen 

 grey, segmental margins white. Legs dark grey ringed with 

 white, hairs of posterior tibiae whitish. Forewings with costa 

 gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; 

 2 and 3 connate; grey densely mixed with white, costa broadly 

 suffused with white from near base to near apex (in one specimen 

 incompletely) ; discal stigmata large, roundish, dark fuscous, 

 plical little marked or obsolete, somewhat obliquely beyond first 

 discal : cilia whitish, basally tinged with ochreous and sprinkled 

 with grey. Hindwings 1, apex round-pointed, termen sinuate; 

 pale grey, becoming darker posteriorly; cilia ochreous-grey-whitish. 



Geraldton, West Australia, in October and November; seven 

 specimens. 



130. P. crypsihatis, n.sp. 



(J9. 12-14 mm. Head and thorax shining light fuscous, face 

 whitish. Palpi whitish, second joint mixed with fuscous, termi- 

 nal joint as long as second, mixed with dark fuscous anteriorly 

 and towards base. Antennae and abdomen light fuscous. Legs 

 fuscous ringed with whitish, hairs of posterior tibiae whitish. 

 Forewings with costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen oblique, 

 straight, rounded beneath; 2 and 3 stalked; light fuscous irrorated 

 with whitish scales pointed with dark fuscous; stigmata round, 

 dark fuscous, plical rather obliquely beyond first discal, another 

 similar dot below second discal; a dark fuscous marginal line 

 above apex : cilia whitish-fuscous, with a fuscous subbasal shade. 

 Hindwings over 1, apex round-pointed, somewhat produced, ter- 

 men sinuate; pale grey; cilia grey-whitish. 



Mount Kosciusko (4000 feet), New South Wales; Deloraine, 

 Tasmania; Mount Lofty, South Australia; from November to 

 January, three specimens. This species, though apparently most 

 allied to the following group, differs very obviously in the obtuse 

 apex and much less oblique termen of forewings. 



