

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 725 



5b. Forewings with one discal dot or. none. 



6a. Hindwings rather dark grey 268. glaphyropla. 



6b. ,, whitish, dark-margined 262. crypsileuca. 



251. Pelt, orthogramma, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. luteis, linea post medium transversa sinuata 

 saturate purpurea, area apicali omnino griseo-purpurea ; post, 

 griseis. 



<J. 15-16 mm. Head whitish-yellow. Palpi long, whitish-yellow, 

 anteriorly dark fuscous. Antennae grey, ciliations 3^. Thorax 

 dark purple-fuscous, becoming pale yellowish posteriorly. Abdo- 

 men whitish-ochreous, towards the base greyish. Legs dark grey, 

 posterior pair whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa moder- 

 ately arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin straight, very 

 oblique ; whitish-yellow, extreme costal edge blackish at base ; 

 apical ? of wing greyish-purple, bounded by a deep bluish-purple 

 sinuate line from ? of costa to inner margin before anal angle ; 

 cilia light grey. Hind wings grey ; cilia light grey. 



Superficially recalls some forms of Coesyra. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Mount Lofty, South Australia ; in 

 November ; three specimens, 



252. Pelt, coniortia, n. sp. 



Minor, alis anticis flavis, dimidio posteriori ochreo-flavo, fascia 

 media sinuata obscure fusca margines non attingente ; post, griseis, 

 basi flavido-tincta. 



^ £. 16-17 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax light yellow ; palpi 

 rather long. Antennse grey, ciliations 5. Abdomen and legs 

 whitish-yellow, anterior and middle legs suffused with grey. 

 Forewings elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched, apex 

 round-pointed, hindmargin sinuate, very oblique ; bright yellow, 

 apical half deeper and more ochreous-yellow, separated by a narrow 

 sinuate central cloudy fuscous fascia, becoming obsolete towards 

 margins ; in one specimen this fascia is obselete, only somewhat 

 deeper ochreous-yellow ; costal edge dark fuscous towards base ; 

 cilia ochreous-yellow. Hindwings grey, base somewhat suffused 

 with whitish-yellowish : cilia whitish-yellowish. 



