BY E. MEYRICK, B.A, 355 



a broad inwardly oblique dark fuscous blotch from costa before 

 apex, confluent with extremity of central fascia, emitting from 

 middle of posterior edge a partially interrupted dark fuscous line 

 very near hindmargin to inner margiu before anal angle ; a hind- 

 marginal row of ill-defined dark fuscous dots : cilia ochreous- 

 wliitish, mixed with grey, with a suffused grey line, basal half 

 obscurely barred with dark fuscous. Hindwings whitish-yellowish, 

 towards apex more or less broadly suffused with grey ; cilia 

 whitish, more yellowish towards base, with an indistinct grey line, 

 and sometimes a second before tips. 



Yery distinct by the pale yellowish hindwings, and broad 

 oblique anterior fascia. 



Sydney and Melboimie, in December and January ; locally 

 common at rest on the trunks of Uiccalyjytus, especially in the 

 Sydney parks. 



142. Phloe. synchyta, n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. niveis, costae basi lineaque prope basim obliqua 

 nigrescentibus, disco usque ad dorsum fusco-suffuso, macula costa? 

 post medium parva alteraque postica angulum analem versus 

 producta saturate fuscis ; post, griseis. 



cf $. 16J-19 mm. Head snow-white. Palpi white, base and a 

 slender subapical ring of second joint dark fuscous, terminal joint 

 dark fuscous except towards base. Antennae whitish, obscurely 

 ringed with fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous, with a small white 

 spot on each side, and a larger one behind. Abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish. Anterior and middle legs dark fuscous, central ring of 

 tibiae and apex of all joints whitish ; posterior legs ochreous- 

 whitish. Forewings rather elongate, costa gently arched, apex 

 round-pointed, hindmargin very obliquely rounded ; snow-white, 

 thinly and irregularly strewn with dark fuscous scales ; a very 

 small dark fuscous spot at base of costa ; a sharply-defined slender 

 dark fuscous streak from inner margin almost at base to costa at 5, 

 somewhat inwards-curved, with a blunt tooth projecting towards 

 basal spot, and interrupted immediately below costa ; a small 

 irregular dark fuscous spot on costa slightly beyond middle ; an 

 irregular variable cloudy fuscous suffusion in middle of disc, 



