BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 353 



before anal angle, sharply indented inwards above middle ; a 

 slender fuscous streak from apex along upper half of hindmargin ; 

 cilia whitish-ochreous, suffused with light grey, obscurely barred 

 with dark fuscous towards base on upper half of hindmargin and 

 above apex. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale grey. 



Easily recognised by the general neatness and clearness of all 

 markings, the two converging anterior strigulaB from the costa, 

 the arrangement of the discal dots, and the more yellowish head. 



Common at Deloraine, and up to 1200 feet on Mount Welling- 

 ton, Tasmania, from November to January. 



140. Phloe. turbatella, Walk. 



(Cryptolechia turbatella, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., 765.) 

 Media, alis ant, dilute griseo-ochreis, fusco-nebulosis, maculis 

 costaa duabus, tertia dorsi antica, punctis ad basim plerisque, disci 

 tribus, lineaque postica flexuosa nigrescentibus ; post, griseis. 



a* ?. 17-19 mm. Head whitish-oclireous, crown suffused with 

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

 basal half and subapical ring of second joint dark fuscous. An- 

 tennas pale greyish-ochreous, obscurely ringed with dark fuscous, 

 ciliations in S whorled. Thorax blackish-fuscous, slightly mixed 

 with pale oohreous, with suffused whitish-ochreous lateral and 

 posterior spots. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, 

 central ring of tibia?, apex of all joints, and hairs of posterior tibiae, 

 whitish-ochreous. Fore wings moderate, posteriorly distinctly 

 dilated, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, hindmargin 

 obliquely rounded ; pale dull whitish-grey-oehreous, irregularly 

 irrorated with blackish-fuscous ; four or five small irregular 

 variable blackish spots towards base ; a narrow suffused often 

 indistinct dark fuscous fascia from | of costa to J of inner margin, 

 including a small blackish spot on costa, another in disc, and a 

 third rather larger on fold ; a small suffused blackish spot on costa 

 slightly beyond middle ; a small black spot in disc beyond middle, 

 and a smaller less distinct spot oblique beneath and before it, 

 sometimes partially confluent ; these are sometimes connected with 

 second costal spot by a fuscous shade; an indistinct fuscous 



