BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 497 



$. 23-26 mm., £. 25-35 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, 

 and abdomen white, sometimes partially suffused with grey, anal 

 tuft ochreous-whitish. Legs dark grey, posterior pair white. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa in $ hardly arched, 

 in £ gently, apex round-pointed, hindmargin extremely obliquely 

 rounded; w^hite, sometimes slightly mixed with grey, in (j) more 

 or less wholly suffused with light fuscous grey; costa slenderly 

 dark fuscous from base to near apex ; sometimes a dark fuscous 

 dot in disc beyond middle ; in $ sometimes also a dark fuscous 

 dot on fold before middle, several other scattered discal dots, and 

 an indistinct line towards hindmargin, indented beneath costa : 

 cilia ochreous-whitish, mixed with grey. Hindwings grey, base 

 paler ; cilia whitish, with a suffused grey line towards base. 



Variable to some extent ; the dotted form of the $ does not 

 appear to occur in New South Wales, but is equally common with 

 the type in Victoria and South Australia ; every intermediate 

 stage is found. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Melbourne and Mount Macedon, 

 Victoria; Mount Gambier, Adelaide, Petersburg, and Port 

 Lincoln, South Australia ; generally abundant in dry grassy 

 places, from October to January. 



215. Phil, tyroxantha, n. sp. 



Major, alis ant. <J dilute flavis, Q dilute stramineis, ciliis 

 marginis postici griseis ; post, saturatius griseis ; thorace dilute 

 flavo. 



(J. 23-25 mm., £. 33 mm. Head and thorax light ochreous- 

 yellow. Palpi light ochreous-yellow, second joint dark fuscous 

 externally except at apex. Antennae yellowish. Abdomen pale 

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

 whitish. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched ; apex 

 round-pointed, hindmargin very obliquely rounded ; in £ light 

 ochreous-yellow, in £ very pale whitish-yellowish ; extreme costal 

 edge blackish towards base : cilia grey, on costa and at apex 

 becoming yellowish. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 



