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tions at greatest length 6. Legs orange-ochreous, tarsi 

 slightly infuscated. Forewings, elongate moderate ; costa 

 nearly straight, arched towards apex, termen oblique, not 

 rounded ; dull transparent-whitish, minutely irrorated with 

 black, which coalesces on basal half of wing so as to appear 

 black ; veins outlined with dull fuscous ; cilia ochreous. Hind- 

 wings with costa rather strongly arched, apex somewhat pro- 

 minent, termen gently rounded ; dull fuscous, semi-transpar- 

 ent ; dorsal hairs blackish ; at base yellowish ; cilia as in 

 forewings. 



Case and Larva. — Unknowoi. 



Mackay (R. E. Turner), Cape York (C. French), Queens- 

 land. Two specimens. 



14. P. XANTHOCHRYSA, U. Sp. 



d" , 32 mm. Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs bright 

 orange-ochreous, hairs of orbital rims black, antennae black, 

 pectinations at greatest length 6. Forewings elongate, mode- 

 rate ; costa nearly straight, slightly sinuate before middle, 

 termen gently and obliquely rounded ; pale fuscous, semi- 

 transparent; cilia fuscous. Hindwings, with apex rounded, 

 termen rounded, continuous with apex ; colour as in fore- 

 wings ; cilia as in forewings. 



Case and Larva. — Unknown. 



Recognized by the black antennae. 



Perth, Western Australia. One specimen received from 

 Mr. S. Angel ; taken in November. 



15. P. BOiSDUVALii, Westw. 



Oiheticus Boisduvalii, Westw., P.Z.S. Lond., d. 232, t. 37, fig. 

 2 (1854); (?) Lomeria B., Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., iv., 967 (1855). 



d , 28 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark ochreous, 

 tinged with fuscous, face fuscous, thorax beneath and hairs 

 of orbital rings blackish. Legs ochreous-fuscous. Antennae 

 fuscous, pectinations ochreous-fuscous, at greatest length 6. 

 Forewings elongate, moderate ; costa very slightly arched, not 

 sinuate, termen oblique, faintly rounded : light fuscous, semi- 

 transparent ; cilia light fuscous. Hindwings with apex 

 rounded, termen rounded continuous with apex ; colour and 

 cilia as in forewings. 



Case and Larva. — According to Mr. W. W. Froggatt 

 (Misc. Pub. Dep. Agric, No. 337) the case of this species 

 is "a, slender elongate-oval case, about 2 inches in length, 

 thickly covered with short bits of stick, closely attached to 

 the silk, so that it is quite stiff. The larvae feed on seve- 

 ral species of low shrubs around Sydney." 



