BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 499 



Port Lincoln, South Australia ; locally common in October and 



November. 



218. Phil. pretioseUa, Walk. 



(Psecadia pretiosella, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., 538.) 



Media, alis ant. flavis, margine costali nigra, vitta costse abbre- 

 viata argentea, altera subcostali rubra, ciliis roseis ; post, griseis. 



(J £. 23-26 mm. Head and palpi yellow, partly suffused with 

 red. Antennae whitish-grey. Thorax yellow; anterior half suffused 

 with red. abdomen pale whitish-ochreous. Legs dark grey, 

 middle femora reddish, posterior legs ochreous-whitish. Forewings 

 elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, 

 hindmargin almost straight, oblique ; bright yellow ; extreme 

 costal edge blackish from base to * ; a silvery- white costal streak 

 from base to j, margined beneath by a red streak, almost reaching 

 apex : cilia rosy, becoming grey at anal angle. Hindwings grey ; 

 cilia light grey, round apex pale rosy, towards anal angle more 

 yellowish. 



A singularly beautiful and conspicuous species. 



Sydney and Blackheath (3,500 feet), New South Wales ; Mel- 

 bourne, Victoria : and the Mount Lofty Range, South Aus- 

 tralia ; in October and November, very generally distributed, but 

 apparently nowhere common. 



219. Phil, anachordcty n. sp. 



Major, alis ant. dilutissime stramineis, vitta supra medium e 

 basi in apicem percurrente saturate fusca, utrinique niveo-mar- 

 ginata ; post, griseis. 



(J 9. 26-29 mm. Head yellow. Palpi yellowish- white, second 

 joint externally dark fuscous. Antennae pale grey. Thorax pale 

 yellow, anterior margin broadly dark fuscous. Abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish. Legs dark fuscous, posterior pair ochreous-white. Fore- 

 wings elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched, apex round- 

 pointed, hindmargin slightly sinuate, oblique; very pale whitish - 

 yellow ; a straight longitudinal dark fuscous streak above middle 

 from base to apex, margined on both sides with white : cilia grey, 

 at tips and round apex whitish, on costa pale yellow. Hindwings 

 grey, base paler ; cilia ochreous-whitish, base more ochreous. 

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