BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 337 



direct transverse fascia at ?, and a costal spot at \ ; a small oval 

 snow-white spot transversely placed in disc beyond middle ; some- 

 times an ill-defined whitish-yellow spot on costa beyond ij ; cilia 

 blackish-grey, mixed with whitish-yellow points, with a broad 

 blackish line. Hindwings blackish-fuscous, a rather large whitish- 

 yellow or light ochreous-yellow spot at base, connected with a 

 yellowish-white posteriorly attenuated costal streak from base to 

 f ; a transverse fascia-like spot in middle, connected above with 

 costal streak, beneath almost touching lower margin, its upper 

 half snow-white, lower half and extreme upper edge light ochreous- 

 yellow ; a small irregular-oval snow-white spot towards apex ; cilia 

 grey, with a broad basal blackish band. 



Specially characterised by the fine pale strigulse of the forewings, 

 the white subapical spot of the hindwings, and the longitudinally 

 striated palpi. The second of my two specimens sat constantly 

 with the wings half-raised, and the forewings not fully covering 

 the hindwings, but I did not observe this habit in the other indivi 

 duals of the genus. 



One specimen taken at Toowoomba, Queensland (2000 feet), in 

 September, and a second near Hamilton, Victoria, in November ; 

 both at rest on trunks of Eucalyptus. 



125. Petal, periclyta, n. sp. 



Parva, alis ant. saturate purpureo-fuscis, cupreo-nitentibus, 

 fascia prope basim, macula costse post medium parva alteraque 

 dorsi obscuris dilute ochreis • post, saturate flavis, postice anguste, 

 apicem versus latius nigro-marginatis. 



£.11 mm. Head and thorax black, thinly strewn with fine 

 whitish-yellow hair-scales, lower part of face and sides of collar 

 whitish-yellow. Palpi black, second joint coarsely mixed with 

 white, terminal joint with an irregular white longitudinal line on 

 each side. .Antenna? black, annulated with white. Abdomen 

 dark fuscous, violet-shining, beneath whitish-yellow. Anterior 

 tibiae black irrorated with white, middle tibiae black with white 

 median and apical bands, posterior tibiae whitish-yellow, all tarsi 



