BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 747 



ochreous-whitish, anterior pair fuscous. Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 costa gently arched, apex acutely pointed, hindmargin extremely 

 obliquely rounded, merged with inner margin ; white, thinly and 

 irregularly sprinkled with ochreous and dark fuscous ; a small 

 cloudy dark fuscous spot in disc before middle, a second obliquely 

 beyond it on fold, and a third in disc beyond middle ; a cloudy dark 

 fuscous streak from costa at I to anal angle : cilia white, with a 

 strong dark fuscous apical line. Hindwings lanceolate, grey- 

 whitish ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Both forewings and hindwings are in fact lanceolate. 



Brisbane, Queensland ; Sydney, New South Wales ; two speci- 

 mens in September and October. 



46. Pleurota, Hb. 



Head loosely scaled, sidetufts large, spreading. Antenna? 

 moderate, in £ moderately and evenly ciliated (1-2), basal joint 

 stout, usually with strong pecten (rarely absent.) Palpi very long, 

 second joint very long, straight, horizontally porrected or somewhat 

 ascending, clothed with dense rough projecting scales above and 

 beneath, terminal joint much shorter than second, slender, ascending. 

 Thorax smooth. Forewings elongate, moderate, hindmargin oblique. 

 Hindwings as broad as forewings, or slightly narrower, elongate- 

 ovate, hindma v gin rounded, cilia § to 5. Abdomen moderate. 

 Posterior tibiae with long fine hairs. Forewings with vein 7 to 

 hindmargin, 2 from somewhat before angle of cell. Hindwings 

 normal. 



Easily recognised by the peculiar palpi, of which the long second 

 joint is roughly haired above and beneath throughout. The 

 European genus Topentis has similar palpi, but differs in the long 

 fine ciliations of the antennas. In the first four species the basal 

 pecten of the antennas is either absent or little developed and 

 fugitive, but it seems quite unnecessary to separate them generi- 

 cally. The genus may probably be regarded as a development from 

 Protomacha. 



The distribution is interesting, since the genus is represented in 

 Europe and Northern Asia by over twenty species, and I have 



