BY E. MF.YRICK. 367 



towards base and termen. Hind wings hardly over 1, apex pointed, 

 termen hardly sinuate; whitish-grey; cilia pale whitish-ochreous. 

 Sydney, New South Wales, in November; one specimen. 



171. P. tahulata, n.sp. 



(J9. 10-12 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-och- 

 reous, second joint mixed with dark fuscous anteriorly, terminal 

 joint dark fuscous, as long as second. Antennae fuscous. Thorax 

 fuscous, patagia and anterior corners of dorsal area whitish- 

 ochreous, shoulders more ochreous. Abdomen blackish-fuscous, 

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

 hairs of posterior tibiae wdiitish. Forewings with costa moderately 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded; 2 and 3 

 stalked; fuscous irrorated with dark fuscous; a broad pale yellow- 

 ochreous costal streak from base to 4, becoming ochreous-whitish 

 on edges, enclosing five small oblique blackish costal marks, last 

 two confluent, its lower edge indented in middle, partially edged 

 with blackish-fuscous : cilia whitish-ochreous, with a faint fuscous 

 median shade, b^se sprinkled with dark fuscous. Hindwings 1, 

 apex round-pointed, termen hardly sinuate; in ^ dark grey, with 

 an irregular pale ochreous-yellowish patch occupying basal f; 

 in 9 grey-whitish, suffused with dark grey towards margins 

 except basally; cilia ochreous-whitish. Forewings in (J beneath 

 with an elongate-oval pale yellowish discal patch, broadly sur- 

 rounded with dark purple-fuscous. 



Sydney, New South Wales; Port Lincoln, South Australia; 

 from August to December, four specimens. 



172. P. i^dogramma, n.sp. 



(J9- 16-19 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, partially fuscous- 

 tinged. Palpi whitish-ochreous, irrorated with dark fuscous, 

 terminal joint suffused with dark fuscous, as long as second. 

 Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax dark bronzy-fuscous, shoulders 

 whitish-ochreous tinged with reddish. Abdomen in $ whitish- 

 ochreous mixed with fuscous, in 9 fuscous, apex whitish-ochreous. 

 Legs dark fuscous ringed with white, hairs of posterior tibiae 



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