BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 507 



231. Phil, tentatella, Walk. 



(Oecophora tentatella, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., 685.) 



Media, alis ant. flavis, basi, triangulo anguli analis cum fascia 

 marginis postici angusta connexa purpureis, nigrescenti-inarginatis ; 

 post, griseis. 



Q. 20-21 mm. Head light yellow. Palpi whitish, second joint 

 externally dark fuscous. Antennae grey-whitish. Thorax dark 

 purple-fuscous. Abdomen pale whitish-ochreous. Legs dark 

 fuscous, posterior tibiae pale whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, 

 costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin almost 

 straight, oblique ; bright yellow ; base purple-fuscous ; costal 

 edge very slenderly dark fuscous towards base ; an erect triangular 

 reddish-purple spot on inner margin, edged with dark fuscous, 

 reaching more than half across wing, confluent at base with a 

 rather narrow reddish-purple irregularly dark-margined streak 

 along hindmargin from apex to anal angle : cilia light yellow, on 

 apex and anal angle dark grey. Hindwings grey, apex darker ; 

 cilia pale whitish-ochreous, mixed with grey. 



A beautiful insect, recalling Coesyra, with which it has probably 

 real relationship. 



Blackheath (3,500 feet), New South Wales ; two specimens in 

 January. 



232. Phil, occidua, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. albido-ochreis, punctis disci tribus, strigula 

 anguli analis erecta, lineaque marginis postici purpureo-roseis ; 

 post, griseo-albidis. 



<J £. 13-15 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax whitish- 

 ochreous. Abdomen grey-whitish, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. 

 Legs dark fuscous, middle tibiae reddish tinged, posterior tibiae 

 whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa moderately 

 arched, apex almost rectangular, hindmargin almost straight, 

 oblique ; whitish-ochreous, sometimes irrorated with carmine ; a 

 purplish-carmine dot in disc before middle, another on fold 

 slightly beyond it, and a third in disc beyond middle ; an erect 



