368 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XVIII., 



ochreous-whitish. Forewings with costa gentl}^ arched, apex 

 round-pointed, termen very obUquely rounded; 2 and 3 stalked; 

 whitish-fuscous densely irrorated with dark fuscous; a moderate 

 irregular pale reddish-ochreous longitudinal streak above middle 

 from base to near apex, irregularly streaked with white, upper 

 edge ill-detined, with three anteriorly oblique wedge-shaped pro- 

 jections almost reaching costal edge on anterior half, lower edge 

 well-defined, at first straight, then with two semioval indenta- 

 tions representing large discal stigmata, and an irregular indenta- 

 tion between them; an elongate whitish dot on fold about middle, 

 and a short pale ochreous dash towards tornus : cilia whitish-och- 

 reous, barred with fuscous above apex, on basal half mixed with 

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

 faintly sinuate; grey, darker posteriorly, near base paler and 

 thinly scaled; cilia pale wdiitish-ochreous, brownish-tinged. 



Melbourne and Gisborne, Victoria; three specimens (Raynor, 

 Lyell). 



173. P. mnblopis, n.sp. 



5. 12 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous, mixed on sides 

 with reddish-ochreous. Palpi dark fuscous, apex of second joint 

 reddish-ochreous, internally whitish, terminal joint shorter than 

 second. Antennae dark fuscous. Abdomen fuscous, apex pale 

 whitish-ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, irrorated and ringed with 

 white. Forewings with costa moderately arched, apex round- 

 pointed, termen extremely obliquelj^ rounded; 2 and 3 stalked; 

 whitish, densely irrorated with dark fuscous; indistinct blackish 

 spots along costa, alternating with smaller pale reddish-ochreous 

 spots, and edged beneath with irregular ferruginous spots; 

 elongate blackish spots in disc before and beyond middle, sepa- 

 rated by a pale reddish-ochreous spot; a blackish streak along 

 fold, interrupted by a pale reddish-ochreous spot in middle; some 

 undefined pale reddish-ochreous suffusion towards apex : cilia 

 whitish-ochreous-grey, basal half irrorated with dark fuscous, 

 barred on costa with pale reddish-ochreous, tips more whitish. 

 Hindwings over 1, apex round-pointed, termen hardly sinuate; 



