BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 485 



light grey or fuscous, sometimes suffused with darker ; a short 

 blackish mark at base beneath costa ; a cloudy suffused white 

 slightly curved longitudinal streak from base of costa to costa 

 at f , the included costal space rather dark fuscous ; a dark 

 fuscous dot in disc at J, a second slightly beyond it on fold, a 

 third above middle, and two transversely placed beyond middle ; 

 sometimes these are enlarged or indistinct ; a curved obscure dark 

 fuscous transverse line from f of costa to anal angle, indented 

 beneath costa ; cilia whitish, with two obscure dark fuscous lines. 

 Hindwings grey, base somewhat lighter ; cilia grey-whitish. 



•Longer-winged than the allied species. 



Sydney, Blackheath (3500 feet), and Mittagong (2000 feet), 

 New South Wales ; not uncommon, in August and September, 

 and again in March. 



196. Phil, acropola, n. sp. 



Major, alis ant. saturatius griseis, vitta lata media in costam 

 praeflexa cana, spatio costali saturate fusco ; post, fuscis ; capite 

 luteo. 



(J. 26.31 mm. Head light ochreous-yellowish. Palpi dark 

 fuscous, apex of second joint whitish. Antennae fuscous. Thorax 

 ochreous- white, with a dark fuscous lateral stripe. Abdomen grey. 

 Legs dark fuscous, posterior tibiae ochreous- whitish. Fore wings 

 elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, hind- 

 margin hardly rounded, oblique ; rather dark fuscous-grey ; a 

 broad white somewhat irregular-edged streak from near base in 

 middle to beyond middle of disc, thence narrower and bent up to 

 costa at |- ; costal space above this dark fuscous ; streak margined 

 beneath with dark fuscous round angle ; a few whitish scales 

 towards hind margin : cilia fuscous-grey. Hind wings fuscous ; 

 cilia light fuscous. 



Distinguished at once from both the preceding and following 

 species by the yellowish head, and the white streak not connected 

 with costa towards base. 



Fernshaw and Mount Maceclon, Victoria ; several specimens in 

 November and December. 



