BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 503 



224. Phil trijugella, Z. 

 (Oecophora trijugella, Z., Hor. Ross. 1877, 391, PI. V., 136.) 



Media, alis ant. argenteis, margine costali, vitta supra medium, 

 altera dorsi angusta, fasciis duabus, alterius parte inferior! discum 

 versus bifurcata, lineaque marginis postici runs ; post, griseis. 



£. 19-22 mm. Head ochreous-yellow. Palpi dark fuscous, 

 internally whitish. Antennae whitish. Thorax white, anterior 

 half and a posterior spot dark reddish-fuscous. Abdomen pale 

 whitish-ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, posterior pair whitish-ochre- 

 ous. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, apex 

 almost acute, hindmargin slightly sinuate, oblique ; silvery-white ; 

 markings reddish-ochreous-brown ; costal edge dark fuscous ; a 

 strait streak above middle from base to apex : a narrow streak 

 along inner margin throughout, interrupted at \ ; a narrow some- 

 what bent transverse fascia before middle ; a bar from costa 

 beyond middle to median streak ; a streak rather near and 

 parallel to hindmargin from inner margin to median streak ; a bar 

 from median streak beyond middle to this streak above lower 

 extremity ; a slender dentate streak along hindmargin : cilia white, 

 somewhat mixed with grey, on apex and anal angle fuscous-grey. 

 Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous, with a grey basal line, 

 more yellowish round apex. 



Differs from P. bracteatella by the oblique bar from median 

 streak to second fascia, the slender dark streak along inner margin 

 throughout, the absence of the streak on fold, and the disconnection 

 of the upper and lower portions of the second fascia. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; not uncommon, in November and 

 December. 



225. Phil, acutella, Walk. 



(Oecophora acutella, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 1031. ) 



^. 21 mm. Head and thorax yellow. Forewings silvery- 

 white, with two ochreous-brown longitudinal streaks connected at 

 base ; first near costa, emitting from lower edge a spot and 

 two posterior streaks, of which the first is acutely angulated 



