62 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



16. Pheraspis polioxutha, n.sp. 

 [noXtos f^yey, and ^avdos tawny.] 



(J 9 44-56 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-grey. 

 Antennae whitish, bipectinated in both sexes. Abdomen 

 deep ochreous; the three terminal segments dark grey. Legs 

 whitish-grey; anterior tarsi dark fuscous annulated with whitish. 

 Forewings elongate-triangular, costa moderately arched, apex 

 rounded, termen rounded, oblique; whitish-grey, lines fuscous; a 

 short, sometimes dentate, line from i costa, slightly outwardly 

 curved, not reaching dorsum; an acutely dentate line from ^ 

 costa to ^ dorsum; a small fuscous suffusion on mid-costa some- 

 times produced across disc as a faint sutiused line; a finel}' 

 dentate line from | costa, slightly sigmoid, to f dorsum; a sub- 

 terminal series of dots more or less developed, and an interrupted 

 terminal line; cilia whitish-grey. Hind wings with termen rounded; 

 whitish-ochreous, sometimes suffused with fuscous, towards inner 

 margin ochreous, terminal area sometimes suffused with greyish; 

 cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Tj^pe in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q. Townsville, in February; two bred specimens received 

 from Mr. F. P. Dodd. There is an example from Cardwell in the 

 Queensland Museum, and another from Cooktown in Coll. Lyell. 



17. Pheraspis mesotypa, n.sp. 

 [/xeVoj middle, rvnos a mark, impression.] 



(J 9 48-50 mm. Head whitish, mixed with a few grey hairs 

 on crown. Palpi brown. Antennse ochreous-whitish; in 9 simple. 

 Thorax whitish mixed with grey. Abdomen orange-ochreous. 

 Legs whitish; anterior pair brown anteriorly'-. Forewings elongate- 

 oval, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, oblique, 

 whitish irrorated with grey; a well marked dark fuscous streak 

 from base along fold to §, thence continued obliquely by a series 

 of short longitudinal streaks to apex; a faint interrupted grey 

 line close to termen; cilia whitish mixed with grey. Hindwings 



