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3l4 STUDIES IN AUStRALtAN NEUItOtTERA, iv. 



Genus Sisyka Burin. (Text-fig. 9). 

 Burm., Handb. Entom., ii., Part 2, p.'J75. 

 To the character.s of the family we must add, for this genus, 

 the absence of gradate series of cross-veins, and the form of the 

 jirothorax, which is not elongated. These two characters separate 

 it from Climacia^ which has not been found outside America, 

 (te no type, S. fu.srrrfa Fabr. 



Four species of Si'^i/ra occ\ir in Australia, and may be dis- 

 tinguished as follows: — 



Anteiiiui' witli basal juiiit cluui^atcil, nearly [wiw as Itjiig as 



usual '^'. pundafa Banks, 



Au't-nna' with liasal joint uf nminal k'n^tli 1. 



^Antenna' l)lack tluou<,'huut; foicwini^'s varicyated with ])ak' 



I and daik patches N. turntrl, n.sp. 



■ I Antenna; not black on distal half , fuirwin^'s almost unifoinily 



I 1 )iown -• 



rrteroslii'nia ilaik lirown S. hntiinta Banks. 



"■ ^ Pterostigaui reddish ^. rujisfiyma, n.sp. 



16. SisYKA TUKNEUi, ii.sp. (Plate xvi., fig.27). 



Aufciuiir '1-lJ; /univlmi 5"5; expuntse 11 '5 nun. 



Head: '//ts and (oitennoi jet black, epicranium shining 

 brown, rest of head black. T h o r a x and A b d o m e n black. 

 Leys dull yellowish. Aiud appendays in the form of a pair of 

 strong forceps. AV i n g s : forewmy pale brown, mottled with 

 darker patclies. Pterostigma 2 nnn., dark brown. An oblitpie 

 triangular dark patch across nnddlc of wing, tapering posteriorly; 

 a second less oblique triangular dark patch below stigma, taper- 

 ing anteriorly; smaller i)atches near l)ase and apex; the interven- 

 ing spaces pale; posterior border mostly shaded. llindtclny 

 hyaline, with long, dark pterostigma. 



Type hi Coll. Tillyard. Four specimens taken by Dr. A. ■) . 

 Turnei-, F.E.S., at Armidale, N.S.W., altitude :3,:50U feet. 



IT.SisYHA RUFiSTKJMA, n.s}). (Plate xvi., tig.26). 

 Aii/'inKf, ^ 2, 9 2-5: /orr/rui'j, ^ 1-5, $ 5-5; expanse, ^ 9-5, 

 2 1 1 nnn. 



