BY E. MEYBICK B.A. 667 



tuft dark grey towards apex. Antennae dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 dark fuscous, somewhat ochreous- tinged. Legs ochreous-whitish, 

 anterior and middle tibise and all tarsi banded with dark fuscous. 

 Forewings moderately narrow, hardly dilated, costa moderately 

 arched, apex obtusely produced ; light ochreous-brown in male, 

 darker in female and suffused with dark fuscous, especially on 

 posterior half ; costa indistinctly strigulated with dark fuscous 

 before middle, between middle and apex with four pairs of white 

 oblique strigulse, separated with dark fuscous ; from each of the 

 first three pairs proceeds an irregular obscure leaden-metallic 

 line, the first two running to near anal angle, the third to hind- 

 margin beneath apex ; a slender white central longitudinal 

 streak from base to middle, somewhat bent down wards at extremity, 

 margined beneath posteriorly by an obscure blackish streak ; a 

 black line along lower half of hindmargin : cilia metallic-grey 

 on hindmargin, grey mixed with whitish towards anal angle, 

 dark fuscous towards apex, with two white subapical spots, the 

 lower one smaller. Hindwings golden brownish-ochreous, more 

 dark fuscous towards apex ; cilia grey, tinged with ochreous, 



Very like the preceding, but larger apd more lightly coloured, 

 with four pairs of white costal strigulee, the longitudinal streak 

 from base clear white and black-margined beneath posteriorly, 

 the cilia metallic-grey, with two small clear white subapical spots. 



Taken rather commonly on the dry grassy hills near Murru- 

 rundi, New South Wales, in November, flying readily in the 

 afternoon sunshine. 



7. Pal. fidana, n. sp. 



$ ? . 4"-6j". Head and thorax pale ochreous, mixed above 

 with fuscous. . Palpi white, tuft dark fuscous-grey towards 

 extremity. Antenna dark fuscous. Abdomen grey. Legs 

 whitish, anterior and middle tibise and all tarsi banded with 

 dark fuscous. Forewings moderately narrow, slightly dilated, 

 costa moderately arched, apex obtusely produced ; pale dull 



