BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 433 



(^ ? . 15^-lOi mm. Head whitish, faintly carmine- tinged. 

 Palpi with tuft of second joint short, obtuse, hardly more than 

 half terminal joint ; second joint and tuft ochreous-carmine mixed 

 with grey, apex of joint white, terminal joint white. Antennae 

 whitish, in female suffused with grey except at base. Thorax 

 whitish-ochreous, with a broad central longitudinal ochreous- 

 orange stripe. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, beneath and on sides 

 carmine-tinged. Anterior and middle tibiae carmine-pink, tarsi 

 dark fuscous ; posterior tibiae and tarsi ochreous-whitish. Fore- 

 wings moderate, costa moderately and evenly arched, apex some- 

 what produced, acute, hindmargin sinuate beneath apex, thence 

 very obliquely rounded ; varying from carmine-pink to ochreous- 

 whitish faintly tinged with carmine, generally more ochreous- 

 tinged towards disc and inner margin ; a minute dark grey dot in 

 disc before middle, and another beyond middle ; towards hind- 

 margin spaces between veins obscurely mixed with dark grey ; 

 cilia ochreous-whitish, becoming carmine-pink towards base, with 

 a blackish spot on tips at apex. Hindwings with hindmargin 

 slightly sinuate ; grey, suffused towards apex with whitish-ochre- 

 ous^ in male sometimes almost wholly yellowish ; apex slightly 

 rosy-tinged; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



The smallest species of the genus, distinguished by its rosy- 

 ochreous colouring, discal dots, and dark spot in apical cilia. 



Taken near Sydney from November to February, and at 

 Brisbane in September, not commonly. 



7. Palp. micrastrelJa, n. sp. 



Major, alis ant. margine postico costaque sinuatis, griseo- 

 ochreis, lituris costae brevissimis nigris, puncto disci cano ; post, 

 griseis. 



(^ . 24 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi with tuft of second 

 joint very short, angular, about \ of terminal joint ; whitish- 

 ochreous, second joint mixed with grey on sides, terminal joint 



