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The perfect insects appear to be scarce. This species is 

 allied to the preceding, but differs by the blackish face and 

 blackish thorax beneath, besides being smaller and narrower- 

 winged. 



Blackwood, South Australia. One specimen. 



16. P. ZOPHOPEPLA, n. sp. 



d , 30 mm. Head, thorax, and antennae orange-ochreous, 

 posterior half of thorax infuscated. Antennal pectinations 

 at greatest length 8 ; orange-ochreous, very short on terminal 

 half. Legs ochreous-fuscous. Abdomen ochreous. Forewings 

 elongate, moderate. Costa slightly arched, not sinuate, termen 

 oblique, hardly rounded ; dull whitish, semi-transparent on 

 posterior half of wing, basal '4 of wing minutely irrorated with 

 dark fuscous, which coalesce on basal half so as to appear 

 black; cilia dull ochreous. Hindwings with apex rounded, ter- 

 men rounded continuous with apex ; colour and cilia as in fore- 

 wings. 



Case. — Cylindrical, 25 to 35 mm, long; diameter, 10 mm. 

 Dull white, white in some species ; wholly or nearly wholly 

 thickly ornamented with leaves of EudayiJtus, and with one or 

 two thin, long twigs protruding from 1 to 2 inches beyond pos- 

 terior extremity of sac. This is the general form, but some are 

 more meagrely ornamented with pieces of grass-stems, varying 

 from 10 to 40 mm. in length, whilst others are ornamented 

 with both leaves and stems, scarcely two (out of 20) being 

 alike. Very similar in appearance to M elan odes, but appears 

 to differ by the narrower and longer forewings, and different- 

 shaped hindwings. 



Mackay (R. E. Turner) and Townsville (Dodd), Queens- 

 land. Several specimens; received in December. 



17. P. HYALOSCOPA, n.Sp. 



(S , 30 mm. Head, thorax, antennae, abdomen, and legs 

 blackish, thorax lighter in middle, antennal pectinations at 

 greatest length 8, black (imperfect). Anal tuft ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate moderate, costa nearly straight, termen 

 unevenly rounded, oblique; hyaline, semi-transparent, ba-sal 

 third and costal edge sprinkled with fine linear blackish scales ;. 

 cilia fuscous. Hindwings with apex feebly prominent, termen 

 unevenly rounded ; colour, markings, and cilia as in forewings, 

 but costal edge with markings broader and better defined;: 

 dorsal hairs black. 



Case and Larva. — Unknown. 



Very distinct by the almost clear wings. North-west Vic- 



