BY E. MEYEICK, B.A. 221 



Pemp. strigiferella, Vol. III., p. 202. 



In my description hardly sufficient latitude is allowed for the 

 extreme variation of this changeable species. The males vary 

 greatly in intensity of marking ; sometimes all markings, even 

 the characteristic subapical streak, are almost obsolete, and the 

 entire insect is nearly uniform pale greyish-ochreous. The female, 

 when in fine condition, which is rarely the case, usually shows 

 the first and second lines clearly marked, much more so than in 

 male, and is sometimes much suffused with smoky fuscous. 



The species appears to be especially (perhaps wholly) a coast 

 insect, occurring abundantly along the sea-line from Newcastle 

 to Kiama, throughout the summer months. 



Pemp. caliginosella, n. sp. 



9f". $ $ . Head light ochreous-brown. Labial palpi rather 

 longer than head, obliquely ascending, light ochreous-brown, in 

 maleochreous-whitishbeneath. Antennse greyish-ochreous, inmale 

 thickened, dentate, very finely ciliated, with a flattened tuft of 

 black scales, whitish on sides, in sinuation ; in female simple, 

 filiform. Thorax brownish-ochreous, irregularly suffused with 

 blackish scales. Abdomen pale ochreous, segments basally 

 suffused with grey, in male with pale ochreous anal tuft, in 

 female with pointed elongate-conical ovipositor. Legs pale 

 ochreous brown, slightly irrorated with blackish. Fore-wings 

 moderately elongate, sub-triangular, narrow at base, regularly 

 dilated, hind-margin obliquely rounded ; pale greyish-ochreous- 

 brown, almost entirely suffused with blackish fuscous except 

 on a narrow segmental patch on costa between two-fifths and 

 four-fifths, and a broader area above anal angle, extending 

 more or less along inner and hind-margins ; all markings 

 obscured, except faint traces of a dark fuscous cloudy second 

 line ; a hind-marginal row of black dots : cilia pale brownish- 

 ochreous, with two suffused grey-fuscous parting-lines. Hind- 

 wings pale fuscous-grey, darker posteriorly, hindmarginal line 



