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-characters incorrectly, 6 and 7 of forewings being stated as 

 stalked, instead of 7 and 8. He has not specified a type; 

 I make P. circulatella the type. The length of the antennxe 

 distinguishes it from all its near allies in Australia except the 

 preceding and Gerycostola ; the peculiar rounded appearance 

 of the wings is also characteristic. P. stigmatias, Turn., is 

 unknown to me, but is doubtless correctly referable to the 

 genus. 



Peritorneuta circulatella. Walk. 



{Cryptolechia circulatella, Walk. Cat. Tin., 767.) 



Male and female, 19-21 mm. Head and thorax whitish-rosy- 

 giey. Palpi rosy-grey, more whitish ba&ally, terminal joint 

 with two dark bands. Abdomen light ochreous-yellowish. 

 Forewings moderately broad, costa strongly rounded, apex 

 rounded, termen vertical, rounded beneath ; light reddish- 

 ■ochreous, sometimes rosy-tinged, with numerous transverse 

 dark ferruginous-brown strigae more or less broken up into 

 series of dots ; costal edge pale rosy ; a broad streak of grey- 

 whitish suffusion along anterior half of costa, posteriorly irre- 

 gularly extended into disc ; an indistinct grey-whitish suffusion 

 on costa beyond middle ; a narrow grey-whitish terminal 

 streak ; cilia grey-whitish, rosy-tinged. Hindwings ochreous- 

 yellow, towards apex darker and sometimes rosy-tinged ; cilia 

 light ochreous-yellowish, base sometimes fuscous-tinged. 



Maryborough and Brisbane. Queensland, in October ; three 

 specimens. 



Differs from all the rest by the pale costal patch and clear 

 yellow- hind^vings. 



Peritorneuta thyellia, n. &p. 



Male and female, 16-18 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale 

 flesh-color. Abdomen ochreous-grey-whitish. Forewings 

 moderate, costa rather strongly arched, apex rounded, termen 

 hardly oblique, rounded beneath, pale flesh-color; numerous 

 more or less distinct dark fuscous dots, arranged in irregular 

 transverse series; an indistinct praetornal spot of grey suffu- 

 sion; cilia ochreous-whitish, pinkish-tinged. Hindwings 

 whitish-ochreous or pale yellowish, generally more or less fus^ 

 cous-tinged ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Duaringa, Rockhampton, Rosewood, and Brisbane, Queens^ 

 land; Newcastle, New South Wales; in September, eight 



specimens. 



Peritorneuta rhodophanes, n. sp. 



Male and female, 16-18 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale 

 giey, sometimes rosy-tinged. Abdomen grey-whitish. Fore- 



