

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 727 



Abdomen grey, segmental margins orange. Legs blackish, posterior 

 tibiae ochreous-yellow. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa 

 moderately arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin slightly 

 sinuate, very oblique ; purplish-black, with seven whitish-yellow 

 spots mixed with orange ; first basal, transverse, outer edge oblique ; 

 second rather broad, transverse, not quite reaching costa or inner 

 margin, narrowed beneath ; third from middle of costa, inwardly 

 oblique, reaching half across wing; fourth small, roundish, on middle 

 of inner margin ; fifth transverse, rather narrow, in disc above 

 anal angle, not nearly reaching costa or inner margin ; sixth on 

 costa at 5, rather inwardly oblique ; seventh small, on hindmargin 

 below middle, sometimes produced at apex to meet sixth ; cilia 

 deep yellow, at apex and anal angle broadly dark grey. Hind wings 

 dark fuscous ; cilia dark grey, towards inner angle and on apical 

 half between middle of hindmargin and apex whitish-yellowish. 



A very handsome species when fresh. 



Larva undescribed ; feeds on Jfonotoca elliptica (Epacridece), 

 several together in a small dense nest or shelter of silk and refuse 

 amongst the twigs, in August. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Mount Lofty, Wirrabara Forest, 

 Ardrossan, and Port Lincoln, South Australia ; from October to 

 December, flying in the sunshine, tolerably common where its food 

 plant occurs, 



255. Pelt, gloriosella, Walk. 



(Oecophora gloriosella, Walk. 697.) 



Media, alis ant. saturate purpureo-fuscis, maculis novem flavis ; 

 post, saturate fuscis. 



24 mm. Head orange. Palpi blackish, second joint yellow at 

 base. Thorax dark purple-fuscous, anteriorly yellow. Forewings 

 dark purple-fuscous, with nine yellow spots, placed much as in P. 

 marionella. Hindwings dark fuscous (*?.) 



I have not met with this species, which I noted in the British 

 Museum as apparently near P. marionella, but without describing 

 it ; the above short description is abstracted from that of Walker, 

 and may not be accurate. Notwithstanding, the species seems to 



