364 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XVIII., 



Legs white, anterior and middle pair banded with dark fuscous. 

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

 very obliquely rounded; 2 and 3 stalked; white, sprinkled with 

 pale ochreous and dark fuscous; markings pale ochreous mixed or 

 tinged with ferruginous and irrorated with blackish; a small spot 

 at base of costa, and another at i; a larger and more blackish 

 oblique semioval spot on costa before middle; a mark on base of 

 dorsum; a small spot on fold at J; an irregular patch above 

 tornus; a row of undefined spots beneath posterior third of costa 

 and along termen : cilia whitish-ochreous, towards base sprinkled 

 with blackish points. Hindwings slightly over 1, apex pointed, 

 termen sinuate ; pale grey ; cilia ochreous-whitish, in ^ more 

 ochreous-yellowish round apex. 



Sydney, New South Wales, in October; two specimens. 



167. P. decaspila, Low. 



{Gehchia decasinia, Low., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1899, 

 99.) 



(J 9. 13-16 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-och- 

 reous, sprinkled with dark fuscous, terminal joint as long as 

 second. Antennae in $ fuscous, in 9 whitish-ochreous ringed 

 with fuscous. Thorax whitish-ochreous, partially tinged with 

 ferruginous. Abdomen in ^ grey, in 9 whitish-ochreous. Legs 

 dark fuscous ringed with white, hairs of posterior tibise whitish. 

 Forewings rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex round- 

 pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded; 2 and 3 stalked; 

 whitish-ochreous, partially tinged with yellowish, and sprinkled 

 with ferruginous and sometimes with dark fuscous; five oblique 

 Avedge-shaped dark fuscous marks on costa, last two confluent; a 

 dark fuscous mark on base of dorsum; stigmata small or moderate, 

 blackish, accompanied with ferruginous, plical obliquely beyond 

 first discal, second discal produced posteriorly into a longitudinal 

 blackish ferruginous-edged mark, tending to connect with a 

 similar upright mark from tornus; a small ferruginous patch 

 along tornus, including a terminal row of cloudy blackish dots : 

 cilia whitish-ochreous, sometimes obscurely barred or lined with 



