258 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN TOUTHICINA, 



strong prominence at extremity, lower portion forming a 

 blotch extending nearly along posterior half of dorsum, its 

 upper side angularly emarginate and two upper angles pro- 

 jecting ; a streak from f of costa to middle of termen, upper 

 half very slender, lower dilated ; two strigse from costa to 

 termen above this, first leaden-metallic on lower half ; a 

 small apical spot ; indications of leaden-metallic strigae about 

 ocellus : cilia ochreous-whitish, with two fuscous shades 

 becoming dark fuscous at apex and obsolete towards tornus. 

 Hindvvings grey ; cilia grey-whitish, with grey basal shade. 



Q. : Brisbane, Toowoomba (Turner); in March and April, 

 five specimens. 



364. P . psammetalla Low. 



{Syntozyga psammetalla Low., Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr. 

 1901, 70.) 



Q. : Townsville (Dodd), Duaringa (Barnard), Cooktown 

 (Lower) ; in December and January. 



59. LoBESiA Guen. 

 Lobesia Guen., Eur. Micr. Ind. 59 (1845)... type pprmixfana. 

 Lomaschiza Low., Trans. Roy. Soc. S. 



Austr. xxv., 68 (1901) type phpsophora. 



Antennae in d* simple. Palpi moderate, porrected, second 

 joint with rough projecting scales above and beneath, ter- 

 minal joint short. Thorax with bifid crest. Forewings with 

 7 separate, to termen, 8 and 9 approximated, 10 and 11 

 approximated. Hindwings with 3 and 4 closely approximated 

 at base, 5 approximated, 6 and 7 closely approximated 

 towards base. 



A very small genus, but represented in Europe, Asia, and 

 Africa, as well as Australia, by nearly allied species. 



365. L. physophora Low. 



{Lomaschiza physophora Low., Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr. 

 1901, 69.) 



Q. : Townsville (Dodd), Cooktown, Mackay (Lower) ; in 

 June and July. 



