BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 755 



294. Pleur. psammoxantha, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. ochreo-flavis, striga dorsi attenuata postice 

 bidentata nigresceute, £ sfcrigula anguli analis obliqua fusca, £ 

 striga curva e costas basi in angulum analem percurrente cum 

 fascia marginis postici attenuata conjuncta ochreo-fuscis ; post, 

 saturate griseis. 



(J. 14-16 mm. Head and palpi ochreous-yellow, second joint 

 dark fuscous except upper hairs. Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax 

 ochreous-yellow, edge of shoulders and a broad central stripe dark 

 fuscous. Abdomen grey. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior pair 

 internally dark grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 

 apex round-pointed, hindmargin almost straight, rather strongly 

 oblique; ochreous-yellow; a moderately broad blackish streak 

 along inner margin from base to f, attenuated at extremity, with 

 two short upper projections beyond middle and before apex ; a 

 narrow oblique fuscous streak from anal angle, not reaching 

 middle of disc; sometimes a few fuscous scales towards hind- 

 margin : cilia ochreous-yellow, a narrow bar on anal angle mixed 

 with fuscous. Hindwings and cilia dark grey. 



Q. Similar to £, but more whitish-ochreous, and with a 

 moderately broad upwards-curved ochieous-fuscous streak from 

 base of costa through middle of disc to anal angle, confluent with 

 a moderate hindmarginal band which is attenuated to apex. 



The only species in which the sexes differ markedly. 



Rosewood, Queensland; Sydney, New South Wales; rather 

 common from September to January. 



295. Pleur. endesma, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. dilute albido-ochreis, striga dorsi cum altera e 

 costae basi postice coniuncta, fascia media obliqua, interdum 

 ti'iangulo marginis postici cum hac infra conjuncto ochreis ferru- 

 gineisve, partim nigro-mixtis ; post, ochreo-albidis. 



^ 2- 15-16 mm. Head and palpi pale whitish-ochreous, second 

 joint except upper hairs, and apex of terminal joint dark fuscous. 

 Antennae ochreous-whitish, annulated with dark fuscous. Thorax 



