138 AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA (PYRALID^). 



Macalla peloscia, n. sp. 

 -//Ao(rKf()9, with muddy shade. 



(J 25 mill. Head and thorax whitish mixed with 

 dull-reddish. Palpi greenish with some whitish and 

 towards apex with some dull-reddish scales. Antennae 

 ■grey ; ciliations in ^ short {h) ; antenna! processes in g 

 Avhitish mixed with dull-reddish. Abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish. Legs ochreous-whitish irrorated with dull-reddish ; 

 tarsi fuscous with whitish annulations. Forewings triangular, 

 costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen bowed, slightly 

 obUque ; whitish mixed with grey and dull-reddish ; a 

 darker dorsal shade containing some fuscous scales from J 

 nearly to tornus, extending half across wing ; a pale trans- 

 verse line edged by dark lines at ], obsolete towards costa ; 

 an obscure darker median discal spot ; a whitish mark 

 preceded by a dark maik on costa at | ; a darker sub- 

 terminal shade ; a tennifial series of fuscous dots best 

 marked towards apex ; cilia whitish, wiih a pale-reddish 

 basal line interrupted by fuscous dots. Hind wrings pale- 

 fuscous becoming darker towards termen ; cilia as forewings 

 but basal line and dots much paler. 



Type in Coll., Turner. 



N.Q. Kuranda, near Cairns, in December ; one specimen 

 received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Epipaschia polyscia, n. ^p. 



TTokvo-Koq, very shady. 



^ 9 25-28 mm. Head ])ale-browii ; face mixed with 

 fuscous. Palpi pale-brown ; second joint with obscure 

 antemedian and subterminal fuscous rings ; terminal joint 

 fuscous except apex. Antennae pale- brown ; ciliations in 

 (J 1. Thorax pale-brown. Abdomen brown- whitish with 

 some fuscous irroration ; dorsum tinged Avith ochreous. 

 Legs brown mixed with whitish and annulated with fuscous ; 

 tarsi fuscous with whitish annulations. Forewings tri- 

 angular, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen bowed, 

 oblique ; brown- w^hitish irrorated with brown ; markings 

 fuscous ; a spot on dorsum near base ; a large triangular 

 blotch on costa at J ; a smaller blotch between this and 

 dorsum ; an interrupted line from f costa to mid-dorsum ; 

 a median sub- costal dot preceded by a crest of pale scales ; 



