BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 351 



sharply indented inwards above middle; a hindniarginal row of 

 well-defined dark fuscous dots ; cilia pale whitish-ochreous, 

 towards base very obscurely spotted with fuscous, and with a 

 fuscous-grey median line. Hinclwings grey, base lighter ; cilia 

 whitish-ochreous, with a broad suffused grey line. 



Distinguished from all by the suffused dark fuscous streak from 

 base of costa along fold ; it has also the forewings more broadly 

 dilated, and the ciliations of the antennas longer, than in any other 

 species ; the transverse form of the posterior discal dot, the short 

 longitudinal streak in disc between the dots, and the well-defined 

 series of dots on the hindmargin, are also reliable characteristics. 



Deloraine, Tasmania ; five specimens taken in November, flying 

 after dusk on the river-bank. 



138. Phloe. helica, n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. ockreo-albidis, ochreo-fnsco nigroque irroratis, 

 maculis costse tribus obscuris fuscis, strigula dorsi antica maculaque 

 costse postica pallidis, punctis disci quinque nigris ; post, griseis. 



(?. 23 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, crown suffused with 

 fuscous. Palpi ochreous-whitish. basal half and a subapical ring 

 of second joint, and basal third of terminal joint dark fuscous. 

 Antennas whitish-ochreous, annulated with dark fuscous. Thorax 

 dark fuscous, mixed with ochreous-whitish. Abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish. Legs dark fuscous, central ring of middle tibiae and apex 

 of all joints whitish-ochreous, hairs of posterior tibiae grey- whitish. 

 Forewings elongate, posteriorly considerably dilated, costa moder- 

 ately arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin straight, oblique ; ochreous- 

 whitish, densely irrorated with ochreous-brown and blackish 

 scales ; a very ill-defined cloudy dark fuscous triangular spot on 

 costa at J, another somewhat beyond middle, and a third, larger 

 and with the apex black, on costa before apex ; between the second 

 and third the costal space is clear ochreous-whitish ; an oblique 

 whitish mark on inner margin at I, surrounded by a darker 

 suffusion ; a sharply-defined partially pale-margined black dot in 

 disc at J, a second in middle, and a third considerably larger 

 beyond middle ; a fourth on fold directly beneath first, and a fifth, 



