BY E. MEYRICK, B A. 733 



black dot in disc beyond middle : cilia Hack mixed with reddish- 

 brown, tips yellowish-white from apex to above anal angle. 

 Hindwings bright orange, with a moderately broad black hind- 

 marginal border, dilated at apex ; cilia dark grey, base blackish, 

 tips beneath apex yellowish. 



Allied to P. crijpslleuca, but widely distinct, 



Fernshaw and Warragul, Victoria, in December and January ; 

 two specimens. 



264. Pelt, helias, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. saturate fuscis, macula dorsi ad basim subqua- 

 drata lutea cano-marginata ; post, lsete aurantiacis, dimidio apicali 

 saturate fusco. 



£. 17 mm. Head light ochreous-yellow. Palpi extremely long, 

 dark fuscous, apex of second joint white. Antennae dark fuscous ; 

 ciliations '2h. Thorax and abdomen dark purplish-fuscous. Legs 

 ochreous-yellow, anterior and middle pair suffused with grey. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, hind- 

 margin hardly rounded, very oblique ; dark fuscous ; a large sub- 

 quadrate pale yellow, white-margined spot on inner margin near 

 base, upper side near and parallel to costa, posterior side perpen- 

 dicular to inner margin , some scattered whitish scales in disc 

 beyond middle and towards hindmargin : cilia dark fuscous, 

 beneath anal angle whitish-yellow. Hindwings bright orange, 

 apical half dark fuscous ; cilia dark fuscous. 



Allied to the three following, but differing from all by the 

 orange anterior half of hindwings. 



Sydney, New South Wales in October ; one specimen. 



265. Pelt, proximella, Walk. 

 (Incurvaria ])roximella, Walk. 490.) 



Minor, alis ant. saturate purpureo-fuscis, macula dorsi ad basim 

 subquadrata nava inferius coarctata ; post, saturate fuscis. 



^ 9. 14-19 mm. Head ochreous-yellow. Palpi extremely long, 



dark fuscous, apex of second joint yellowish. Antenna?, thorax, 



and abdomen dark fuscous ; antennal ciliations 3 J. Legs ochreous- 



vellow, anterior pair suffused with grey. Forewings elongate, 



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