376 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XVIII., 



185. P. tridecta, Low. 

 (Gelechia tridecta, Low., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1900, 48.) 

 (^. 18 mm. Head and thorax fuscous-whitish, shoulders with 

 dark fuscous dot. Palpi whitish, subapical ring of second joint 

 and two rings of terminal joint dark fuscous, terminal joint as 

 long as second. Antenna? fuscous. Abdomen whitish-fuscous. 

 Legs dark fuscous ringed with whitish, hairs of posterior tibiae 

 whitish. Fore wings with costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen obliquely rounded; 2 and 3 stalked; fuscous-whitish, 

 irregularly sprinkled with fuscous; a fuscous basal patch, edge 

 curved, dark fuscous, running from costa near base to dorsum at 

 \; five small dark fuscous spots on costa; two triangular brown 

 spots in disc at J and |, representing stigmata, blackish-edged 

 except beneath, anterior rather larger; an undefined fuscous 

 suffusion towards apex and upper part of termen : cilia fuscous- 

 whitish, with two indistinct fuscous lines. Hind wings over 1, 

 apex obtuse, termen not sinuate; grey; cilia ochreous-whitish, 

 with indistinct grey basal line. 



Adelaide, South Australia, in August; one specimen (Lower). 



186. P. xanthocephala, n.sp. 



(J^. 15-18 mm. Head pale ochreous-orange, face whitish- 

 ochreous or whitish. Palpi white, base and apical half of second 

 joint dark fuscous, terminal joint as long as second, sometimes 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous. Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax 

 white, anterior margin and a posterior spot dark fuscous. Ab- 

 domen ochreous-whitish, anal tuft more yellowish. Legs dark 

 fuscous ringed with white, hairs of posterior tibiae whitish- 

 ochreous. Forewings moderate, costa moderately arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; 2 and 3 stalked; white; four 

 dark fuscous transverse fasciae, first narrow, straight, basal, 

 second narrow, interrupted beneath costa, much dilated on 

 dorsum, third moderate, narrowed and sinuate on upper half, 

 fourth irregular, terminal, not reaching toruus, including some 

 white terminal marks; dark fuscous costal dots between each 



