484 DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



194. Phil, phauloscopa, n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. fusco-albidis, fusco-sparsis, vitta costce abbre- 

 viata, strigula obliqua anteapicali, punctis disci quinque serieque 

 postica saturate f uscis ; post, albido-griseis. 



<J ? . 24-26 mm. Head pale wkitish-ochreous, in ? fuscous- 

 tinged. Palpi whitish, second joint externally dark fuscous 

 except at apex. Antenna? dark fuscous. Thorax fuscous- whitish, 

 with a dark fuscous interior spot on shoulder, in ? anteriorly 

 suffused with fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs dark 

 fuscous, hairs of posterior tibiae very pale whitish-ochreous. 

 Fore wings elongate, posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa moderately 

 arched, apex round-pointed, hinclmargin very oblique, slightly 

 rounded ; very pale whitish-fuscous, with scattered dark fuscous 

 scales , a strong dark fuscous streak along costa from base to 

 about |, posteriorly very obliquely truncate ; a minute blackish 

 dot in disc at J, a second somewhat beyond it on fold, two others 

 transversely placed beyond middle, and sometimes another above 

 middle ; a short oblique dark fuscous streak from costa at 5, 

 emitting a cloudy strongly curved fuscous line or row of dots to 

 before anal angle ; a hindmarginal row of dark fuscous dots ; 

 cilia whitish, with two cloudy dark fuscous lines. Hindwings 

 whitish-grey ; cilia whitish, with two cloudy grey lines. 



Closely allied to P. xiphostola, of which it may perhaps be a 

 local form ; distinguished by the fuscous-tinged ground colour, the 

 dark fuscous irroration, discal dots and distinct posterior line. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; tolerably common in September. 



195. Phil, crepera. n. sp. 



Major, alis ant. dilute griseis, vitta subcurva subcostali abbre- 

 viata cana, spatio costali saturatius fusco, punctis disci quinque 

 lineaque postica saturate fuscis ; post, griseis. 



^ $. 25-29 mm. Head white, mixed with grey. Palpi and 

 antennae grey. Thorax fuscous-grey, irrorated with white on 

 back. Abdomen light grey, anal tuft dull whitish-ochreons. Legs 

 grey, posterior pair whitish. Forewings elongate, costa gently 

 arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin rounded, very oblique ; 



