BY E. METRICK, B.A. 473 



A very distinct species, differing from all others in the white 

 ground colour. 



I have one specimen taken by Mr. G-. H. Raynor near Parra- 

 matta in September, and have seen others from the same locality. 



39. Hel. pelosticta, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. dilute ochreis, partim rufo-sparsis, basi, fascia 

 antica angusta, alteraque marginis postici supra magnopere 

 dilatata purpureo-f uscis ; post, albidis. 



(^ . 15 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, more ochreous on crown. 

 Palpi whitish-ochreous, mixed with dark fuscous. Antennae 

 whitish-ochreous. Thorax dark purplish-fuscous. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous. Anterior tibiae and tarsi dark purplish-fuscous, 

 with obscure whitish-ochreous rings at apex of tarsal joints ; 

 middle and posterior legs whitish, middle tarsi some^vhat suffused 

 with greyish. Forewings moderate, costa moderately arched, 

 apex tolerably acute, hindmargin straight, rather oblique; whitish- 

 ochreous, irregularly suffused with whitish-yellow, towards inner 

 margin mixed with fuscous-reddish ; a small dark purple-fuscous 

 spot at base of wing ; an irregular cloudy purplish-fuscous spot 

 on costa before middle, connected with inner margin near base 

 by a straight narrow ill-defined purplish-fuscous streak ; a small 

 cloudy purplish-fuscous spot on middle of inner margin ; a dark 

 fuscous-purple well-defined hindmarginal band from apex to anal 

 angle, darkest on costa, where it is broad and extends from f to 

 apex, attenuated thence to anal angle, its anterior edge rather 

 strongly concave, and margined with dark fuscous : cilia purple, 

 becoming dark grey at anal angle. Hindwings with hindmargin 

 slightly sinuate ; ochreous- whitish, extreme apex grey ; cilia 

 pshreous-whitish, with a very faint grey line. 



Distinctly characterised by its small size, light ochreous fore- 

 wings with purplish-fuscous markings, and ochreous- whitish 

 hindwings. 



