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144. P. hypoleuca, n.sp. 



(J. 11-12 mm. Head ochreous-whitish sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous. Palpi white irrorated with dark fuscous, terminal joint 

 as long as second. Antennae whitish-fuscous. Thorax whitish 

 irrorated with dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish. Legs dark 

 fuscous ringed with white, posterior pair white. Forewings 

 with costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely 

 rounded; 2 and 3 stalked; light grey, mixed with whitish and 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous; stigmata large; formed of dark 

 fuscous irroration, plical obliquely beyond first discal; the dark 

 fuscous irroration tends to form similar spots on fold before and 

 beyond plical, between discal stigmata, and along posterior half 

 of costa and termen : cilia grey-whitish, sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous. Hind wings slightly over 1, apex round-pointed, termen 

 faintly sinuate; whitish; cilia whitish. 



Sydney, New South Wales, in September and October; three 

 specimens. 



145. P. cosmotis, n.sp. 



(J. 13-15 mm. Head and thorax orange-ochreous, face whitish. 

 Palpi deep orange-ochreous, terminal joint as long as second, 

 white, anterior edge and sometimes a supramedian ring blackish. 

 Antennae whitish ringed with dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish 

 or pale grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Legs dark fuscous 

 ringed with white, posterior pair suffused with white. Forewings 

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

 obliquely rounded; 2 and 3 connate; grey or greyish-ochreous, 

 irregularly mixed with white and sprinkled with black; a small 

 ochreous-orange basal patch, in one specimen broadly produced 

 along costa and dorsum to J; stigmata moderate, blackish, more 

 or less accompanied with white, plical very obliquely beyond first 

 discal, a similar dot between and above first and second discal, 

 second discal followed by a white spot containing two black 

 specks; posterior half of costa marked with alternate dark and 

 whitish spots : cilia grey mixed with whitish, basal half barred 

 with blackish irroration. Hindwings somewhat over 1, apex 



