UY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 731 



£. 17-18 mm. Head and antenna? white, ciliations 5. Palpi 

 rather long, white, basal half of second joint dark fuscous. Thorax 

 white, with a dark fuscous lateral spot. Abdomen whitish-grey. 

 Legs grey-whitish, anterior and middle pair suffused with grey. 

 Fore wings elongate, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, 

 hindniargin almost straight, oblique ; snow-white, with a few 

 scattered dark fuscous scales ; markings dark fuscous ; a streak 

 along costa from base to J ; an irregular cloudy suffusion towards 

 inner margin at £ ; a bent inwardly oblique narrow streak from 

 middle of costa, touching apex of a suffused inwardly oblique streak 

 from | of inner margin ; a blackish dot above middle of disc ; a 

 sinuate line from middle of costa to anal angle ; a thick cloudy 

 transverse streak from 5 of costa to anal angle, very sharply 

 indented inwards beneath costa, thence moderately outwards- 

 curved ; a row of partially confluent blackish hind marginal dots : 

 cilia fuscous-grey, whitish at base, and white on anal angle Hind- 

 wings and cilia whitish-grey. 



Allows the normal family type of markings to be seen, recalling 

 some species of Phloeopola. 



Hobart, Tasmania, in December and January ; two specimens. 



261. Pelt, carphalea, n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. canis, basi, fascia antica lata costam non attin- 

 gente, altera postica integra, macula etiam apicis in angulum 

 analem producta saturatius ochreo-fuscis ; post, saturatius fuscis. 



<J. 19 mm. Head white. Palpi long, white, basal two-thirds 

 of second joint dark fuscous. Antenna? whitish, annulated with 

 dark fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous, with small white anterior and 

 posterior spots. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs oehreous-yellow, 

 anterior pair suffused with grey. Forewings elongate, costa 

 moderately arched, apex round- pointed, hindmargin .straight, 

 oblique ; white ; markings rather dark ochreous-fuscous ; a narrow 

 basal spot ; some ochreous and brown scales towards costa on 

 basal half; a broad straight fascia before middle, obsolete towards 

 costa ; a broad straight fascia beyond middle, posterior edge 



