122 KXOTtC MrCKOLKlMDOPTiR^. 



Protoniaciia paralia, n. sp. 



c? . 19-20 mm. Head pale bronzj'-greyish-ochreoiis more or 

 less suft'iisod with whitish. Palpi bronzy-ochreoiis mixed with 

 white, terminal joint white, anterior edge fuscous. Thorax light 

 bronzy-ochreous. Alidomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; pale glossy oclireous, sometimes whitish- 

 sprinkled posteriorly ; costal edge dark fuscous towards base ; a 

 suffused attenuated white streak along costa from near base to | : 

 cilia pale whitish-ochreous. Hindwings light grey ; cilia whitish- 

 ochreous. 



SouTU Australia, Glenelg, in October ; two specimens. 



Philotota xenomima, n. sp. 



J 5. 14-20 mm. Head yellow. Palpi ochreous-whilish, second 

 joint very long, with basal half and a fine subapical ring daik 

 fuscous, terminal joint with base and anterior edge dark fuscous. 

 Antennal ciliations of cJ 1. Tliorax fuscous. Abdomen grey, anal 

 tuft ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, rather oblique ; yellow ; a 

 broad fuscous streak, narrowed posteriorly, along costa from base 

 to about 5, extended to dorsum at base ; a variable irregular fuscous 

 median fascia, narrow on costa but usually broad on dorsum, moro 

 or less mixed or suffused irregularly with whitish, stigmata usually 

 forming darker spots on edges of this, plical beneath first discal ; a 

 moderately broad fuscous terminal fascia, more or less mixed with 

 whitish, anterior edge convex, sometimes almost confluent in disc 

 with median fascia : cilia pale yellowish, with fuscous apical and 

 supratornal patches, sometimes almost wholly fuscous on termen. 

 Hindwings in cJ grey, in § fuscous, paler towards base ; cilia pale 

 fuscous. 



QuERNSLAs^D, Caims, from September to December and in ^fay 

 ( Dodd) ; seven specimens. A close mimic of Monojjis chrysogmmma ; 

 the resemblance is practically exact, and the intermingling of white 

 with the dark markings on a yellow ground is quite unusual here. 



Pliilobota passalias, n. sp. 



(S . 18 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous-white, 

 second joint bronzy-fuscous except towards apex. Antennal cilia- 

 tions 2. Thorax purplish-bronze, with whitish-ochreous posteiior 

 spot. Abdomen bronzy-fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen hardly rounded, oblique ; 2 and 3 

 stalked ; deep coppery-bronze ; markings whitish-ochreous ; a 

 trapezoidal blotch on dorsum about |, anterior angle reaching f 

 across wing ; a rather narrow slightly incurved postmedian trans- 

 verso fascia, nearly followed in middle by a transverse dot ; a curved 



