BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 481 



apex almost pointed, hinclmargin very oblique, slightly sinuate ; 

 ochreous-yellow, in ¥ much paler ; a dark fuscous costal streak 

 from base to § , attenuated at base and extremity, leaving extreme 

 costal edge ochreous-yellow except at base ; a short slender 

 inwardly oblique dark fuscous line from costa at 5, sometimes 

 obscurely produced to disc ; cilia ochreous yellow, tips whitish- 

 ochreous, in ? paler. Hindwings in £ fuscous, paler and suffused 

 with whitish-ochreous anteriorly, in ? almost wholly suffused with 

 whitish-ochreous ; cilia pale ochreous-yellow, tips paler. 



Very closely allied to the following species, but broader-winged, 

 the hindwings lighter and more or less suffused with whitish- 

 ochreous, and with only a small dark fuscous spot on the inner 

 edge of each shoulder. 



Sydney and Wollongong, New South Wales ; very common in 

 September and October. 



190. Phil, hypocausta, n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. saturate ochreo-fiavis, interdum partim fusco- 

 suffusis, vitta costse abbreviata, strigulaque obliqua anteapicali 

 saturate fuscis ; post, saturatius fuscis ; thoracis dimidio antico 

 saturate fusco. 



(J. 17-22 mm. Head orange-yellow. Palpi and antennae dark 

 fuscous. Thorax deep yellow, anterior half, or sometimes wholly, 

 suffused with dark fuscous, Abdomen whitish-ochreous, anal tuft 

 yellow. Legs dark fuscous, posterior tibiae ochreous-yellow. 

 Fore wings elongate, rather narrow, costa slightly arched, apex 

 round-pointed, hindmargin very obliquely rounded ; deep ochreous- 

 yellow ; dorsal § sometimes suffused with fuscous ; a strong dark 

 fuscous streak along costa from base to f, attenuated posteriorly ; 

 a short cloudy inwardly oblique dark fuscous streak from costa 

 before apex : cilia ochreous-yellow, tips ochreous-whitish or 

 fuscous, sometimes wholly suffused with fuscous. Hindwings 

 rather dark fuscous, sometimes partially mixed with yellow ; cilia 

 pale ochreous-yellow. 



Distinguished from P. latifissella by the narrower wings, with 

 costa less arched, the deeper colour and tendency to suffusion with 



