730 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



costal origin of first to anal angle ; an apical blotch, narrowly 

 produced along hindmargin to anal angle : cilia light ochreous- 

 vellow, at apex and anal angle broadly dark fuscous. Hind wings 

 deep orange-yellow ; hindmargin slenderly dark fuscous, dilated 

 into a modei'ate irregular band from middle to apex ; cilia dark 

 fuscous. 



A very handsome species, probably flying by day. 



Murrurundi, New South Wales, in November ; one specimen. 



259. Pelt, thermochroa, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. saturatius ochreo-fuscis, basi laete ochreo-suffusa, 

 maculis quinque niveis ; post, fiavis, apice saturate griseo. 



£. 16 mm. Head dark fuscous-grey, face white. Palpi very 

 long, white, second joint with a black subapical ring ; terminal 

 joint anteriorly blackish. Antenna? white, sharply annulated with 

 dark fuscous. Thorax snow-white. Abdomen ochreous-yellow. 

 Legs ochreous-yellow, anterior tibiae dark fuscous. Forewings 

 elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, 

 hindmargin almost straight, oblique ; rather dark ochreous-f uscous, 

 suffused with reddish-ochreous towards base, with five snow-white 

 spots ; first very small, basal ; second fascia-like, fi'orn costa at \ 

 almost to inner margin at g, rather broad above, gradually attenuated 

 to apex beneath ; third semicircular, on inner margin beyond 

 middle ; fourth irregulai'ly triangular, on costa at \, reaching half 

 across wing ; fifth elongate, narrow, along hindmargin from below 

 apex to middle : cilia dark fuscous, opposite hindmarginal spot 

 snow-white. Hindwings ochreous-yellow, apex rather broadly 

 suffused with dark grey ; cilia ochreous-yellow, with a dark grey 

 apical bar. 



Certainly allied to P. theorica, yet very distinct. 



Sydney, New South Wales, in December and February ; two 

 specimens. 



2 GO. Pelt, niphias, n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. niveis, costa basim versus, striga costa? alteraque 

 dorsi obliquis confluentibus, puncto disci, linea transversa sinuata, 

 fascia etiam postica sub costa indentata saturate fuscis ; post, 

 albido-griseis. 



