124: EXOTIC MICKOLKPinOrTKUA. 



Pliilobota crustiilata, n. sp. 



c? . 22 mm. Head light brownish. Palpi whitish, second joint 

 sprinkled with fuscous. Antennal ciliations 2.7. Thorax fuscous. 

 Abdomeu whitish-fuscous. Forewiugs elongate, costa gently arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen somewhat rounded, rather strongly obli(iue ; 

 fuscous, sprinkled with dark fuscous and blackish ; di.scal stigmata 

 brownish-oohreous with some whitish scales, placed on a longitu- 

 dinal streak of blackish suffusion from ^ to j of disc, first dot^like, 

 second forming two adjacent transverse marks ; an indistinct 

 brownish-ochreous short apical streak: cilia light fuscous sprinkled 

 wit!i dark fuscous. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



AVest Australia, Waterloo, in May {Berthoud)-, one specimen. 

 Type iu Coll. Lyell. 



Philobota obliviosa, u. sp. 



cf . 20-23 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-white, shoulders 

 dark fuscous. Palpi white, second joint suffused with fuscous 

 except apex. Antennal ciliations 2. Abdomeu whitish-ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 rounded, rather strongly oblique ; ochieous-whitish ; markings 

 rather dark fuscous ; a narrow costal streak from base to |, finely 

 attenuated towards base and pointed posteriorly ; a linear dot near 

 base above middle, in one specimen absent ; stigmata moderate, 

 first discal sometimes absent, plieal beneath first discal, sometimes 

 absent, an additional dot between and slightly above first and 

 second discal, and an additional dot or oblique mark beneath second 

 discal; a curved subterminal line of faint dots rising from an in- 

 wardly oblique mark on costa at ^ : cilia whilish-ochreous. Hind- 

 wings rather d;ut grey ; cilia ochreous-whitisli. 



Ql'ernsland, Herberton, in December and January (^Dudd); four 

 specimens. 



Philo"bota pactolias, n. sp. 



f? . 24 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax rather dark fuscous. 

 Antennal ciliations nearly 1. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings 

 elongate, posteriorly rather dilated, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen rounded, rather strongl)- oblicjue ; rather light 

 ochreous-fuscous ; a rather dark fuscous moderate costal streak 

 from base to f, its apex pointed, leaving costal edge yellowish from 

 i onwards ; beneath this a broader yellow streak from base to 

 costa at |, narrowed at base : eilia pale ochreous-fuscous. Hind- 

 wings rather dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous, with darker basal line. 



Victoria, Hampton, in October (Lifell) • one s])ecimen. Type in 

 Coll. Lyell. Very close to clinjsirpotam'i, but immediately distin- 

 guished by dark head and cilia of hindwings. 



