360 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XVIII., 



towards costa posteriorly much suffused with white; a small 

 dark fuscous spot on base of costa; a white mark from base in 

 middle; narrow very oblique dark fuscous marks from costa at ^, 

 and before and beyond middle, with patches of ferruginous 

 suffusion beneath them; a streak of ferruginous suffusion, includ- 

 ing some black scales, in disc from Jtof, and another on fold; a 

 series of blackish marks beneath posterior third of costa and 

 along termen, preceded by a rather broad ferruginous suffusion : 

 cilia whitish-ochreous, with an indistinct grey median shade, base 

 sprinkled with blackish. Hindwings over 1, apex round-pointed, 

 termen hardly sinuate; pale grey, darker posteriorly; cilia whitish- 

 ochreous. 



Glen Innes (4500 feet). New South Wales, in December; two 

 specimens. 



161. P. vieckanisfis, n.sp. 



9. 15-16 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, tinged with fuscous. 

 Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint irrorated with dark fuscous 

 except at apex, terminal joint dark fuscous, as long as second. 

 Antennse whitish-ochreous obscurely ringed with fuscous. Thorax 

 whitish-ochreous irrorated with fuscous. Abdomen whitish- 

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

 of posterior tibise ochreous-whitish. Fore wings with costa gently 

 arched, apex round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded; 

 2 and 3 stalked; pale brownish-ochreous, faintly pinkish-tinged, 

 irrorated with fuscous and dark fuscous; oblique cloudy dark 

 fuscous marks on costa at base, i, and middle; a row of elongate 

 dark fuscous marks along fold, and two spots in disc representing 

 stigmata; a series of undefined cloudy dark fuscous spots beneath 

 costa posteriorly and along termen : cilia pale whitish-ochreous, 

 fuscous-tinged, a median line and base sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous. Hindwings over 1, apex round-pointed, termen slightly 

 sinuate; pale grey, becoming darker posteriorly; cilia whitish- 

 grey-ochreous. 



Evandale and Hobart, Tasmania, in December and January; 

 two specimens. 



