Mr. E. Rosenstock on Australian Lejndo^tera. 443 



PMlobota declivis^ Walk. 

 (Ecophora declivisella, Walk. I. c. xxix. p. 687. 



(838.) PMlolota atUetica, n. sp. (PI. XI. %. 13.) 



Near (Ecophora xanthiella, Walk. [l. c. xxix. p. 693), one 

 of the smaller and, according to Mr. Mejrick, most ances- 

 tral species of this large genus, which approaches Eulechria 

 and Peltophora. 



Head deep yellow j palpi whitish yellow above, dark fus- 

 cous beneath ; antennae, anterior and middle legs dark fuscous ; 

 posterior legs pale ochreous pearly white ; thorax reddish 

 purplish fuscous ; abdomen dark fuscous ; posterior segmental 

 margins and anal tuft pale ochreous pearly white. 



Fore wings elongate, rather narrow ; costa moderately 

 arched ; apex rather pointed, hind margin strongly oblique, 

 anal angle moderately rounded ; deep yellow, with a reddish 

 purple, longitudinal, subcostal, discal, linear dash, widening 

 and forking out anteriorly into two branches ; the upper con- 

 tinued along costa to apex, and thence along hind margin 

 round anal angle, where it unites with the obliquely downward 

 and forwardly directed lower branch, the whole forming a 

 suborbicular ring with basally directed angle, giving it some- 

 what the appearance of a tennis-bat. Fringes pale ochreous 

 whitish, darker near anal angle. 



Hind wings grey ; fringes pale ochreous pearly whitish, 

 with a greyish basal line, yellowish towards apex. 



Under surface of both wings shining grey ; front wings 

 somewhat darker, with a brownish tint. Expanse 17 millim. 



Pterophoridse. 



Platyptilus, Zell. 



(751.) Platyptilus emissalisj Walk. 

 Platyptilus emissalis, Walk. I. c. xxx. p. 930. 



Pteeophoeus, Geoffr. 



(179.) Pterophorus canalis, Walk. 

 Pterophorus canalis, Walk. I. c. xxx. p. 944. 



(16.) Pterophorus ? 



A quite unrecognizable specimen. 



