728 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



differ notably from P. argutella by the increased number and quite 

 different position of the spots, from P. marionella by their yellow- 

 colour, and the dark fuscous hindwings. 

 Said to be from Tasmania. 



256. Pelt, marionella, Newm. 



(Oecophora marionella, Newm., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. TIL, 

 (n. s.), 294, PI. XVIIL, 7.) 



Media, alis ant. saturate fuscis, maculis novem canis, vix luteo. 

 tinctis ; post, flavis, margine postico saturate fusco. 



£ $. 20-23 mm. Head bright yellow, face greyish. Palpi very 

 long, dark fuscous, posteriorly whitish -yellowish. Antenna? dark 

 fuscous, ciliations 3. Thorax dark fuscous, with a small lateral 

 pale yellowish spot. Abdomen dark fuscous, segmental margins 

 banded with ochreous-yellow and whitish-yellowish. Legs dark 

 fuscous, posterior tibiae ochreous-yellow. Forewings elongate, costa 

 gently arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin sinuate, very 

 oblique ; dark fuscous, with nine white spots, faintly yellowish- 

 tinged, especially towards base ; first elongate, along costa near 

 base ; second similar, along inner margin near base, suffused with 

 yellow on inner margin ; third broadly cruciform, in disc at ^ • 

 fourth rather irregular, inwardly oblique, beneath middle of costa ; 

 fifth small, triangular, above middle of inner margin ; sixth trans- 

 verse, in disc above anal angle, not nearly reaching costa or inner 

 margin ; seventh narrow, from costa at 5, inwardly oblique, some- 

 times coalescing with apex of sixth ; eighth small, irregular, on 

 hindmargin below middle ; ninth very narrow, along upper half of 

 hindmargin : cilia fuscous-grey. Hind-wings ochreous-yellow, with 

 a rather narrow dark fuscous hindmarginal border, broadly dilated 

 and suffused at apex ; cilia fuscous-grey. 



Allied to the two preceding, but with yellow hindwings. 



Melbourne, Victoria ; several specimens taken by Mr. G. H. 

 Raynor in October. 



257. Pelt incomposita, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. saturate fuscis, maculis elongatis quinque 

 ochreo-albis ; post, saturatius fuscis. 



