394 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XVIII., 



211. P. macrynta, n.sp. 



^. 25 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and legs white 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous; palpi with basal half of second joint 

 dark fuscous; thorax with fine blackish subdorsal lines on anterior 

 half; tarsi dark fuscous ringed with whitish. Abdomen whitish- 

 ochreous. Fore wings dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, 

 termen rather strongly oblique; fuscous, almost wholly suffused 

 with white, and sprinkled with black; an undefined subdorsal 

 streak of dark irroration from near base to middle, and a dorsal 

 streak from \ to near tornus; stigmata indistinct, dark fuscous, 

 plical obliquely beyond first discal : cilia whitish-fuscous, mixed 

 with whitish and sprinkled with dark fuscous. Hindwings some- 

 what over 1, fuscous, thinly scaled towards base; cilia whitish- 

 fuscous, with fuscous basal line. 



Moe (Gippsland), Victoria; one specimen. The peculiarlj^ 

 shaped forewings are characteristic. 



212. P. hrachynta, n.sp. 



(J. 21 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and legs whitish 

 irrorated with dark fuscous; palpi with basal § of second joint 

 dark fuscous; (thorax partially defaced, probably dark-streaked;) 

 tarsi dark fuscous ringed with whitish. (Abdomen broken.) 

 Forewings with costa moderately arched, termen oblique; fuscous, 

 suffused with white and sprinkled with dark fuscous ; short 

 scattered dashes of dark fuscous suffusion between veins; a streak 

 of dark fuscous suffusion along dorsum; stigmata indistinct, dark 

 fuscous, plical slightly beyond first discal; a terminal series of 

 dark fuscous triangular spots : cilia whitish sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous (imperfect). Hindwings somewhat over 1, fuscous, 

 darker posteriorly; cilia fuscous. 



Duaringa, Queensland; one specimen (Barnard). 



213. P. zopherota^ n.sp. 



Q. 19 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and legs dark fuscous 

 sprinkled with white. (Abdomen broken.) Forewings with 

 costa moderately arched, termen oblique; fuscous, sprinkled with 



