244 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN TORTRICINA, 



Antennae in ^ shortly ciliated. Palpi moderately long, por- 

 rected, second joint with projecting scales above and beneath, 

 terminal joint shoi^t or moderate. Thorax without crest. Fore- 

 wings with apex falcate; 7 separate, to termen. Hindwings with 

 3 and 4 stalked or coincident, 5 approximated to 4, 6 and 7 

 closely approximated towards base. 



A genus of no great extent, mainly characteristic of northern 

 temperate regions. 



340. A. carpid'nna, n.sp. 



(J 11 mm. Head and thorax pale brownish-ochreous. Palpi 

 whitish, towards base infuscated, second joint with long rough 

 spreading hairs. Forewings elongate, i-ather narrow, costa gently 

 arched, without fold, apex falcate, termen semicircularly exca- 

 vated beneath it, somewhat oblique; ferruginous-ochreous irregu- 

 larly mixed with whitish; costa obliquely strigulated with white 

 and dark fuscous; dorsum dotted with blackisli irroration; a 

 rather broad suffused white median streak from base to beyond 

 middle; central fascia indicated by an oblique dark spot from 

 costa before middle; an irregular patch of dai-k fuscous irroration 

 extending from disc beyond middle to near termen beneath apex; 

 apical projection deep ferruginous, lower edge Avhite margined 

 with a fine black line and upper portion also edged antericjrly 

 with black : cilia lioht ferruginous-ochreous. liindwino-s with 3 

 absent, tornus rather 2:)roiiiineiit; rather dark grey; cilia light 

 grey, tinged with ochreous round apex. 



Q.: Cairns (Dodd); in October, (me specimen. Also common 

 in India and Ceylon. 



54. Herpystis, Ji.g. 



Antennae in ^ ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrected, second 

 joint I'ough-scaled above and beneath, terminal joint moderate. 

 Thorax without crest. Forewing.s with 7 separate, to termen. 

 Hindwings with 3 widely remote, parallel, 4 from angle, 5 approxi- 

 mated to 4 towai'ds base, 6 and 7 closely approximated towards 

 base. 



Besides the following species, there is one from the Seychelles, 

 and one in India. 



