126 AUSTRALIAN GELECHIANAE 
PHTHORIMAEA PLAESIOSEMA 2. SDP. 
aihaiutoonnoc, with squarish marking. 
dg. 15 mm. Head and thorax whitish.  Palpi 
whitish ; second and terminal joints with basal and 
subapical fuscous rings. Antenne whitish with fuscous 
annulations. Abdomen ochreous-whitish, dorsum of 
basal segment irrorated with fuscous except apices. 
Legs fuscous irrorated, and tarsi annulated, with fuscous ; 
posterior pair paler. Forewings narrow, costa slightly 
arched, apex round-pointed, termen very oblique ; whitish 
with fuscous irroration and markings ; an obscure sub-basal 
fascia ; an oblong blotch extending on costa from } to 2? 
reaching fold ; a-median spot ; a brownish apical suffusion ; 
cilia whitish irrorated with fuscous. Hindwing with apex 
pointed, termen strongly sinuate; grey-whitish; cilia 
whitish. 
Nearest P. leucocephala, Low. Type in Coll. Goldfinch, 
N.S.W., Sydney, in November ; one specimen. 
SAROTORNA MYRRHINA 2. SD. 
myrrhinus, yellowish. 
3 9. 12-18 mm. Head white; sides and lower edge 
of face fuscous. Palpi rather short, not much exceeding 
vertex ; second joint much thickened with rough szales 
anteriorly ; terminal joint less than half second, rather stout, 
acute ; white, basal third of second joint fuscous on external 
surface. Antenne whitish, towards base fuscous. Thorax 
white, anterior margin fuscous, more broadly so in centre. 
Abdomen pale ochreous-brown, tuft whitish. Legs fuscous 
annulated with ochreous-whitish ; posterior pair pale- 
ochreous. Forewings with costa slightly arched, apex 
round-pointed, termen obliquely rounded ; pale ochreous 
fuscous ; markings white, ill-defined ; a broad sub-basal 
fascia ; a dorsal suffusion confluent with fascia ; an ill-defined 
costal mark at 4, a more distinct inwardly-oblique curved 
line from 2 costa to tornus; cilia pale-ochreous, bases 
irrorated with fuscous. Hindwings over 1, apex pointed, 
slightly produced ; pale-grey ; cilia pale-ochreous. 
Q., Mt. Tambourine in November; Warwick and 
Killarney in October ; three specimens. 
