380 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XVIII., 



191. P. gorgonias, n.sp. 



^. 12 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous sprinkled with 

 brown and blackish, face whitish. Palpi whitish, second joint 

 irrorated with dark fuscous, scales slightly expanded at apex 

 beneath, terminal joint shorter than second, with blackish sub- 

 apical band. Antennse dark fuscous, pale-ringed. Abdomen 

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

 of posterior tibiie ochreous-whitish. Forewings moderate, costa 

 moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; 2 and 

 3 stalked; ochreous-whitish, tinged with brown, and irregularl}^ 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous; a dark fuscous dot on base of costa, 

 and some blackish scales between this and dorsum; some raised 

 subdorsal scales at J; five rather large costal spots of blackish 

 irroration; an irregular dark blotch in disc at J, mostly edged 

 with blackish, and margined posteriorly with white; a blackish 

 white-edged dot above middle of disc, and two transversely 

 placed at f ; a blotch of dark fuscous sutiusion in disc beyond 

 these, confluent with last costal spot; an apical spot of dark 

 suffusion; some whitish terminal dots : cilia whitish-ochreous, 

 with indistinct bars on basal half of dark fuscous irroration, 

 and a posterior line. Hindwings slightly over 1, apex obtuse, 

 termen hardly sinuate; whitish-ochreous, terminal half suffused 

 with fuscous, darker posteriorly; cilia whitish-ochreous, with a 

 fuscous subbasal shade and round apex a subapical shade. 



Rosewood, Queensland, in September; one fresh specimen. 



192. P. chiradia, n.sp. 



(J9- 11-13 mm. Head and thorax white sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous, shoulders dark fuscous. Palpi white, second joint and 

 apical half of terminal (except tip) irrorated with dark fuscous, 

 terminal joint as long as second. Antenna white ringed with 

 fuscous. Abdomen grey-whitish, anal tuft ochreous-whitish. 

 Legs dark fuscous ringed with whitish. Forewings with costa 

 moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen straight, oblique, rounded 

 beneath; 2 and 3 stalked; fuscous-whitish, irregularly irrorated 



