BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 357 



in discal suffusion; beneath the fourth is a small clear whitish- 

 ochreous dot : a broad inwardly oblique dark fuscous blotch from 

 costa before apex, preceded by a clear whitish-ochreous spot on 

 costa, and emitting a suffused dark fuscous attenuated streak to 

 before anal angle ; the narrow hindmarginal space beyond this is 

 clear whitish-ochreous ; a row of small triangular dark fuscous 

 spots along hindmargin : cilia whitish-ochreous, posteriorly suffused 

 with grey, basal half obscurely barred with dark fuscous. Hind- 

 wings whitish-grey, apex somewhat darker ; cilia whitish-grey, 

 base pale. 



Var. a. Head suffused above with dark fuscous ; markings of 

 fore wings almost wholly lost in general dark fuscous suffusion. 

 Hindwings grey. 



Var. b. Similar to var. a, but with the whitish discal dot well- 

 defined. 



Although variable in respect of the dark fuscous suffusion, 

 always immediately recognisable by the palpi, which are wholly 

 dark fuscous, with the terminal joint peculiarly thickened. 



Common ; the typical form taken at Sydney and Blackheath 

 (3,500 feet) in New South Wales, and Melbourne and Fernshawin 

 Victoria ; var. a. at Deloraine, Tasmania (two specimens) ; var. b. 

 at Adelaide (four specimens) ; from September to November. 



144. Phloe. exarcha, n. sp. 



Major, alis ant. albido-ochreis, ochreo-fusco suffusis, nigro- 

 irroratis, strigula costa? ad basim obliqua, maculis costse duabus, 

 punctis disci quatuor (quarto majusculo), lineaque postica nebulosa 

 nigrescentibus ; post, griseis, basin versus dilutioribus. 



(f. 27 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, 

 externally sprinkled with dark fuscous, basal I of second joint and 

 a median band of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antenna? greyish- 

 ochreous. Thorax whitish-ochreous, mixed with brownish, anterior 

 margin and a mark on each side of back blackish-fuscous. Abdomen 

 whitish-grey. Legs dark fuscous, central ring of tibia? and apex of 

 all joints whitish-ochreous, hairs of posterior tibia? ochreous- 

 whitish. Fore wings rather elongate, moderate, costa gentlv 



