434 DESCRIPTIONS OF ATJSTBALIAN MICEO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



tliickened witH rough scales beneath, anteriorly suffused -with 

 dark grey. Antennas ochreous-whitish, ciliations very long. 

 Thorax ochreous-whitish, mixed with pale ochreous. Abdomen 

 grey. Anterior tibiae dark fuscous mixed with ochreous ; middle 

 tibiae ochreous with narrow dark fuscous median and terminal 

 rings, extreme apex white ; posterior tibiae grey- whitish ; all tarsi 

 dark fuscous with whitish rings at apex of joints, basal joint of 

 posterior tarsi whitish towards base. Eorewings moderate, 

 somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa strongly arched near base, 

 thence nearly straight, slightly concave, hardly arched before 

 apex, apex somewhat produced, acute, hindmargin oblique, rather 

 strongly concave ; brownish-ochreous, very densely irrorated with 

 ochreous-whitish, especially towards costa ; extreme costal edge 

 whitish from i to f ; two short oblique waved cloudy dark fuscous 

 lines from costa between base and i, reaching about ^ across 

 wing ; six very small black spots on costa between i and apex at 

 nearly equal distances ; some irregular dark fuscous scales on 

 inner margin, and one or two in disc ; a distinct minute black dot 

 in disc before middle, and a clear white dot in disc beyond 

 middle : cilia brownish-ochreous, mixed with grey-whitish, and 

 chequered with cloudy blackish-fuscous. Hindwings with hind- 

 margin slightly sinuate ; pale grey, darker towards apex, with 

 a darker central lunule ; cilia whitish-grey, mixed with dark 

 grey. 



A very peculiar species, with the tuft of the palpi as short as 

 in P. hii^a.v and P. falcifera, distinguished from all by the 

 sinuate costa, ochreous-grey colouring, and white discal dot. 



The larva feeds amongst spun twigs of Exocarpus cupressiformis 

 {Santalacece)j but is undescribed. 



I have one specimen, and have seen a second, both bred by 

 Mr. G. H. Eaynor in September from larvae found near PaiTa- 

 matta, New South Wales. 



