488 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



200. Phil, pedetis, n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. saturate griseis, albido-sparsis, fascia angusta 

 ad basiin punctisque disci sex nigris, linea postica saturatorij 

 post, fuscis ; capite griseo. 



<J. 23-25 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax grey, head 

 mixed with whitish. Abdomen grey-whitish, anal tuft greyish- 

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

 Fore wings elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched, apex 

 rounded, hind margin very obliquely rounded ; dark grey, closely 

 irrorated with whitish ; a narrow curved black fascia close to 

 base • a double black dot in disc at ^, another rather before it on 

 fold, a third above middle, and three placed in a curved line 

 transversely beyond middle ; a curved darker posterior line, 

 indented beneath costa ; a row of obscure darker hindmarginal 

 dots : cilia grey, basal half with obscure darker and lighter spots. 

 Hindwings fuscous-grey, apex darker ; cilia light grey. 



Very closely allied to P. erebodes, but distinguished by the 

 narrow suffused black fascia close to base. 



Wirrabara, Port Lincoln, and the Mount Lofty range, South 

 Australia ; tolerably common in October and November. 



201. Phil, leucomitra, n. sp. 



Major, alis ant. saturatius griseis, partim cano-suffusis, punctis 

 disci majusculis sex nigris, linea postica saturation ; post, fuscis ; 

 capite niveo. 



2 $.24-28 mm. Head white. Palpi dark fuscous, apex of 

 second joint white. Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax dark 

 fuscous, with a small white lateral spot. Abdomen grey. Legs 

 dark fuscous, hairs of posterior tibiae grey whitish. Forewings 

 elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, hind- 

 maro-in very obliquely rounded ; rather dark greyish fuscous, 

 suffusedly irrorated with white ; the absence of irroration causes 

 a darker streak along costa from base to before middle, a rather 

 narrow fascia from costa beyond middle to anal angle, and a spot 

 on costa at \ ; a large blackish dot in disc at J, another on fold 

 directly beneath it, a third above middle, a fourth below middle, 



