BY E. MEYRICK. 255 



N.S.W.: Sydney — Vic: Sale — W. Aust.: Waroona(Berfchoud); 

 in September and October. 



220. T. divulsana Walk. 



{Conchylis divulsana Walk., Cat. xxviii., 364; Tortrix glaphy- 

 rana Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1881, 516.) 



Q. : Duaringa (Barnard), Brisbane, Stanthorpe, Warwick 

 (Turner), Toowoomba — N.S.W.: Katoomba(Lyell), Newca.stle, 

 Sydney, Bathurst, Shoalhaven, Cooma — Vic: Gisborne(Lyell), 

 Castlemaine(Diake), Wandin(Jarvis), Melbourne — Tasm.: Delo- 

 raine, Hobart — S. AusT.: Mount Gambier(Gue.st), Mount Lofty, 

 Port Lincoln — W. Aust.: Bridgetown (Berthoud), Geraldton, 

 Perth, Albany; from October to April. Larva feeds on lucerne 

 and is an injurious pest(Lyell); probably also on allied plants. 



30. Meritastis, n.g. 



Antennae in ^ moderately ciliated. Palpi rather short, slender, 

 ascending, with appressed scales, terminal joint short. Thorax 

 without crest. Forewings with 3 from angle, 7 separate, to 

 termen. Hindwings with 3, 4, 5 approximated at base, 6 and 7 

 closely approximated towards base. 



Apparently a modification of Epichorista. 



221. M. umbrosa, n.sp. 



(J, 17-18 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen dark grey, 

 shoulders sometimes mixed with ferruginous-brown. Antennal 

 ciliations 1. Forewings .suboblong, costa anteriorly gentlr, pos- 

 teriorly slightly arched, without fold, apex obtuse, termen alnmst 

 straight, rather oblique; rather dark grey; about nine irregular 

 indistinct partially interrupted darker striae mixed with blnck 

 and ferruginous-brown scales : cilia ochreous-whitish tinged with 

 brownish, basal half grey mixed with ferruginous-lirownish. 

 Hindwings rather dark grey; cilia light grey, with darker sub- 

 basal shade. Hindwings beneath suffused with grey-whitish and 

 strigulated with dark grey. 



Vic: Macedon(Lyell); in November, two specimens. 



