142 AUSTRALIAN THYRIDIDAE AND PYRALIDAE 



whitish-ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish mixed with fuscous. 

 Forewings strongly dilated posteriorly, costa moderately arched, 

 apex round-pointed, termen rounded, slightly oblique ; ochreous- 

 whitish densely suffused with dull purple-fuscous, towards bas& 

 and margins irrorated with dark-fuscous ; a transverse ridge of 

 elongate raised scales across disc from J costa to ^ dorsum ;. 

 cilia whitish mixed with fuscous. Hindwings with termen 

 rounded ; pale-grey, thinly scaled ; vein 3 only approximated to 

 4 -f- 5 close to origin ; a narrow suffused fuscous terminal line ;. 

 cilia pale-grey. 



Q., Brisbane, in April ; one specimen. 



PHYCITA TRACHYSTOLA, 11. Sp. 



Tpaxva-ToXo^, rough cloaked. 



$ 20 1)1 li\.. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi fuscous 

 (partly broken). Antennae fuscous. Thorax pale fuscous. 

 Abdomen pale fuscous ; apices of segments pale-ochreous. Legs, 

 whitish mixed with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate-triangu- 

 lar, costa nearly straight, apex rounded, termen nearly straight, 

 slightly oblique ; pale-fuscous irrorated with white ; a rounded 

 tuft of raised scales in mid-disc near base ; a transverse 

 ridge of raised scales from dorsum at ^ to fold ; a series of dark 

 fuscous terminal dots ; cilia pale fuscous with a fine whitish line 

 at ^. Hindwings with termen rounded ; vein 3 only approx- 

 imated to 4 -h 5 close to base ; pale grey, veins and termen 

 darker ; cilia pale-grey with a darker line near base. 



Allied to the preceding, but the transverse ridge of raised 

 scales is less developed, and there is an additional raised tuft 

 near base. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



Q., Brisbane, in January ; one specimen. 



PHYCITA MIXOLEUCA, H. .Ij). 



fxiioX€VKo<;, partly white. 



2 22 iitli\.. Head white with a few grey scales. Palpi 

 white ; external surface of apical part of second joint, and 

 terminal joint exeept base, dark-fuscous. Antennae ochreous- 

 whitish. Thorax white with fuscous irroration and a central 

 dark-fuscous spot. Abdomen pale-ochreous, bases of segments 

 irrorated with dark-fuscous. Legs white banded with dark- 

 fuscous, tarsi dark-fuscous; anterior pair dark-fuscous anteriorly 

 except base of coxae. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, 

 costa nearly straight, apex rounded, termen rounded, slightly 

 oblique ; clear-white, towards dorsum suffused with pale-fuscous ;. 



