138 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALASIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XIX., 



cilia fuscous mixed with dark fuscous, above apex with a whitish 

 patcli. Hiiidwings light grey; cilia whitish, with pale grey sub- 

 basal shade. 



Albany, West Australia, in September and October. This 

 species is easily distinguished from the others by its larger size. 



272. P. Viterana^ n.sp. 



(J^. 11-15 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax grey. 

 Abdomen whitish-grey. Fore wings elongate, rather narrow, 

 costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; 

 dark grey, towards dorsum mixed with grey- whitish and appearing 

 indistinctly striated, on costal half blackish-grej^; a broad white 

 variable streak above middle from base to apex, sometimes 

 straight, sometimes thrice sinuate so that the lower edge shows 

 three rounded indentations and the upper edge is thrice more or 

 less strongly connected with costa, sometimes interrupted by an 

 oblique bar of groundcolour on central indentation, posteriorly 

 somewhat sprinkled with dark grey: cilia dark grey with two 

 blackish shades, at apex with a white patch. Hindwings grey- 

 whitish or pale grey; cilia whitish. 



Sydney, New South Wales, in September, December, and 

 January; fifteen specimens. Larva with 10 pro-legs, fusiform 

 (attenuated towards extremities), anteriorly with short scattered 

 hairs, head very small; uniform dull pale green: feeds openly 

 on Mo7iotoca elUptica {Epacridem), gnawing leaves, in August. 

 Pupa in a white open-network cocoon. 



43. Amphithera Meyr. 



Whilst still uncertain, it seems probable that this genus should 

 be included here. 



273. il. heteromorplia Meyr. 



{Amphithera heteromorpha Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S.Wales, 

 1892, 597.) 



Sydney and Bulli, New South Whales; George's Bay, Tasmania; 

 from October to April. 



