BY E. MEYRTCK. 293 



(J9. 16-19 mm. Forewings elongate, variably mixed with grey 

 and whitish, with numerous transverse ridges of raised scales; 

 sonietimes an irregular black patch in disc before middle, or a 

 black streak along posterior part of fold, or a broad streak of 

 dark fuscous suffusion along dorsum throughout, or a patch of 

 blackish-grey suffusion on costa about |, sometimes extended so 

 as to occupy entire apical | of wing and tinged with purplish, 

 or these markings may be variously combined. Hindwings dark 

 fuscous, lighter anteriorly. 



Q.: Cairns, Townsville(Dodd), Duaringa(Barnard), Brisbane 

 (Turner); from November to January. Also from Siam and 

 Ceylon. Very variable; differs from the two preceding species 

 in the forewings not being dilated posteriorly. 



47. Pal.eotoma Meyr. 



Palceofoma Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 



1881,422 ... ... ... ... • . type styphelatia. 



Antennse in ^ strongly ciliated. Palpi long, porrected, second 

 joint arched upwards, with dense rather appressed scales, terminal 

 joint in ^ moderate, in $ long. Thorax without crest. Fore- 

 wings with tufts of scales on surface, 3 from angle, 7 separate, to 

 termen. Hindwings with 3 and 4 remote, nearly parallel, 4 from 

 angle, 5 approximated to 4 at base, 6 and 7 stalked. 



An early form, allied to Feroiiea; endemic. 



289. P. styphelana Meyr. 



{PalcEotoma stijphelana Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 

 1881, 423.) 



N.S.W, : Sydney — Vic: Gisborne (Lyell), Birchip (Goudie), 

 Melbourne — S. Aust. : Mount Lofty — W. AuST. : Geraldton; 

 from September to January. Larva feeding in galls formed of a 

 metamorphosed shoot of Eucalyptus. 



' 48, MicTONEURA Meyr. 



Mictoneura^leyx., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. 'S.Wales, 



1881, 419 ... ... ... ... ... type Jlexanimana. 



