7-34 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



yellow, anterior pair internally dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin almost straight, 

 very oblique ; fuscous ; extreme costal edge light yellow from near 

 base to near apex ; a light ochreous yellow moderately broad streak 

 along inner margin almost from base to anal angle, gradually 

 attenuated to extremity, somewhat interrupted near before ex- 

 tremity : cilia fuscous, with a cloudy darker central line, beneath 

 anal angle light yellow. Hindwings fuscous ; cilia pale fuscous. 



Very distinct. 



Brisbane, Queensland, in September ; three specimens. 



* 293. Pleur. pyrosema, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. saturate flavis, fusco-suftusis, striga dorsi 

 attenuata nigrescente supra laete flavo-marginata, macula anguli 

 analis erecta fusca ; post, fulvis. 



(J. 13-15 mm. Head yellow-ochreous. Palpi dark fuscous, 

 upper bail's of second joint, and terminal joint above whitish- 

 ochreous. Antennre fuscous. Thorax ochreous-orange, shoulders 

 narrowly and a broad central stripe dark fuscous. Abdomen and 

 legs dark fuscous, posterior pair ochreous. Forewings elongate, 

 costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin almost 

 straight, very oblique ; ochreous-yellow or oi'ange, suffused with 

 light ochreous-brown ; a short very suffused dark fuscous streak 

 from base above middle ; a moderately broad blackish streak along 

 inner mai-gin from base to §, attenuated to extremity, margined 

 above by a clear ochreous-yellow or orange streak ; a cloudy 

 fuscous erect spot on anal angle ; cilia brownish-ochreous, terminal 

 half dark grey. Hindwings rather deep fulvous ; cilia fuscous. 



Allied to P. psammoxantha, but much more deeply coloured, 

 with the dorsal streak not distinctly toothed. 



Murrurundi and Sydney, New South Wales ; Melbourne and 

 Fernshaw, Victoria ; tolerably common from September to 

 November. 



* I have since satisfied myself that this is the tf of P. brecicittella. 



