BY E. MEYRICK, B.A., F.E.S. 723 



49. Sor. parallacta, n. sp. 



£ Q. 15-18 mm. Head, antennae, and thorax white, irrorated with 

 grey. Palpi 4, white, externally irrorated with dark grey. Abdo- 

 men whitish-grey. Legs dark grey, ringed with whitish, posterior 

 pair whitish. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa slightly arched, 

 apex round-pointed, hind margin hardly rounded, rather strongly 

 oblique ; greyish-fuscous, irrorated with white ; tufts anteriorly 

 blackish, posteriorly white ; three faint irregular fuscous lines, 

 posteriorly obscurely margined with whitish ; first from £ of costa 

 to ^ of inner margin, angulated on second tuft ; second from 

 middle of costa to § of inner margin, angulated in middle ; third 

 from f of costa to anal angle, angulated above middle ; an obscure 

 transverse similar mark in disc between second and third ; a row 

 of obscure fuscous spots along hindmargin and apical third of 

 costa : cilia fuscous, irrorated with white. Hindwings and cilia 

 whitish-grey. 



Mount Kosciusko (5,500 feet), New South Wales ; in January, 

 three specimens. 



50. Sor. cycota, n sp. 



£ Q. 16-19 mm. Head and antennae white, sprinkled with 

 grey. Palpi 3, white, externally irrorated with dark fuscous. 

 Thorax white, irrorated with grey, sometimes obscurely spotted 

 with dark fuscous. Abdomen light grey. Legs dark grey, ringed 

 with whitish, posterior pair grey-whitish. Forewings elongate- 

 triangular, costa moderately arched, apex tolerably obtuse, hind- 

 margin somewhat rounded, rather strongly oblique ; grey, very 

 finely irrorated with white, and with scattered dark fuscous scales ; 

 tufts anteriorly black, posteriorly white ; three ill-defined rather 

 irregular fine blackish lines, posteriorly obscurely margined with 

 whitish ; first from ^ of costa to \ of inner margin, angulated on 

 second tuft ; third tuft connected with costa by a black strigula ; 

 second from | of costa to | of inner margin, upper half rather 

 strongly curved outwards ; third from | of costa to anal angle, 

 twice irregularly sinuate, somewhat marked with blackish on 

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