BY E. MEYRICK. 383 



dark fuscous, scales of second joint unusually prominent beneath, 

 almost tufted in middle, terminal joint whitish with upper half 

 blackish except tip, as long as second. Antennae fuscous, apex 

 of basal joint whitish. Abdomen pale fuscous. Legs dark fuscous 

 ringed with whitish, hairs of posterior tibiae whitish. Forewings 

 moderate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely 

 rounded; 2 and 3 stalked; whitish-fuscous, irregularly sprinkled 

 with fuscous and dark fuscous; about six small blackish spots on 

 costa, and one on dorsum at ^; an irregular fuscous blackish- 

 edged blotch in disc at J; a blackish dot above middle of disc; a 

 transverse blackish mark in disc at |; a series of indistinct dark 

 spots before termen : cilia fuscous with rows of whitish points, 

 basal third barred with blackish irroration. Hindwings slightly 

 over 1, apex obtuse, termen not sinuate; grey; cilia whitish-grey, 

 with grey basal line. 



Gisborne, Victoria; Launceston, Tasmania; Mount Lofty, South 

 Australia; from November to January, five specimens, including 

 the type. The species is distinguished from all others by the 

 peculiar prominent scales of the second joint of palpi, but this 

 character is not such as to involve generic separation. 



196. P. loeniias, n.sp. 



(J. 16-19 mm. Head and thorax bronzy-fuscous, sometimes 

 slightly sprinkled with blackish. Palpi pale fuscous irrorated 

 with dark fuscous, terminal joint shorter than second. Antenna? 

 fuscous. Abdomen whitish-fuscous sprinkled with dark fuscous. 

 Legs dark fuscous ringed with whitish, hairs of posterior tibia3 

 ochreous-whitish. Forewings moderate, costa moderately arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen straight, rather oblique, rounded beneath; 2 

 and 3 stalked; light fuscous, sprinkled with dark fuscous and 

 blackish between the veins, which appear as light streaks; small 

 indistinct dark fuscous spots on costa at base and J and along 

 posterior half; an irregular transverse dark fuscous blotch in disc 

 at ^, a dot above middle of disc, and two transversely placed at 

 f ; a terminal series of small indistinct dark fuscous spots between 

 veins : cilia whitish-fuscous mixed with dark fuscous. Hind- 



