BY E. MEYRICK. 347 



AnteDn?e whitish, ringed with fuscous. Thorax Hght fuscous, 

 collar whitish. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs fuscous, 

 sprinkled and ringed with whitish, posterior pair whitish. Fore- 

 wings with costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen 

 slightly sinuate, rather strongly oblique; 2 and 3 connate; fuscous, 

 finely irrorated with white, more strongly and suffusedly towards 

 costa, costal edge quite white; stigmata indistinctly dark fuscous, 

 plical obliquely beyond first discal, another similar dot beneath 

 second discal : cilia whitish, sprinkled with fuscous towards base. 

 Hindwings 1, apex round -pointed, termen sinuate; grey-whitish; 

 cilia whitish. 



Hobart, Tasmania, in January; one specimen. 



136. P. sciodes, n.sp. 



(J. 11mm. Head and thorax light greyish-ochreous mixed 

 with whitish. Palpi fuscous mixed with whitish, terminal joint 

 rather shorter than second. Antennae whitish-fuscous. Abdo- 

 men whitish-ochreous. Legs dark fuscous ringed with whitish, 

 hairs of posterior tibiae whitish. Forewings with costa moder- 

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

 2 and 3 connate; whitish-fuscous, darker-sprinkled, mixed with 

 white in disc; stigmata irregular, dark fuscous, plical obliquely 

 beyond first discal : cilia whitish, towards base sprinkled with 

 fuscous. Hindwings 1, apex tolerably obtuse, termen slightly 

 sinuate; pale grey; cilia grey-whitish. 



Geraldton, West Australia, in October; one specimen. Allied 

 to P. aclera, but difi'ers by white discal suffusion of forewings, 

 and greyer hindwings, with termen slightly but distinctly sinuate. 



137. P. trichosema, n.sp. 



9. 12 mm. Head white, sides of crown pale ochreous-yellow- 

 ish. Palpi white,* second joint yellowish-tinged, terminal joint 

 shorter than second, apex greyish. Antennae grey. Thorax 

 white, with pale brownish lateral stripes. Abdomen grey. Legs 

 grey, posterior pair whitish. Forewings with costa moderately 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, very oblique; 2 



