BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 491 



53. AteJ. phcsdrella, n. sp. 



Parva, capite niveo, alis ant. saturate oehreo-flavis, ad costain 

 postice griseo-suffusis, costa uivea. puiicto disci postico nigro ; 

 post, griseis. 



($ ? . 121-14. mm. Head and palpi snow-white, basal half of 

 second joint externally reddish-ochreous. Antenna? white. 

 Thorax deep yellow, posteriori}^ lighter. Abdomen whitish- 

 ochreous. Legs white, anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi 

 yellowish-brown above, posterior tibise and tarsi yellowish-tinged. 

 Fore wings rather broad, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse- 

 angled, hindmargin straight, not oblique ; deep yellow, deepest 

 towards base of costa, greyish-tinged towards costa posteriorly ; 

 costal edge very narrowly snow-white almost from base to near 

 apex, less distinct posteriorly ; a fuscous dot in disc before middle, 

 often obsolete ; a more conspicuous dark fuscous dot in disc 

 beyond middle: cilia yellow, becoming whitish towards extremities. 

 HindwinL!S grey, darker grey in female, towards base somewhat 

 lighter and yellowish-tinged ; cilia grey. 



A very distinct and pretty species. 



]Xot uncommon at Sydney and Newcastle, in ]N'ovember, and 

 from January to March, seeming to frequent Kunzea. 



12. Xymphostola, n. g. 



Head loosely haired, sidetufts large, dilated posteriorly ; in 

 male an expansible pencil of long hairs on side of face beneath 

 eye. Antennae in male stout, somewhat serrate, very shortly 

 ciliated (|), basal joint rather stout, without pecten. Palpi 

 moderately long, second joint reaching base of antennae, clothed 

 with dense rather loose scales, with a short projecting triangular 

 tuft of scales beneath towards apex, terminal joint as long as 

 second, stout, strongly reflexed. Thorax smooth. Forewings 

 somewhat oblong, broad, apex obtusely rounded, hindmargin 

 evenly rounded, cilia \. Abdomen moderate. Middl^ tibiae 



