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58. PoLYCHROsis Rag. 

 rolychrosls Rag., Ann. See. Ent. Fr. Ixiii., 



209 (1894) ty].e hotrava. 



Syntozyga Low., Trans. Roy. Soc. S. 



Austr. XXV. , 70 (1901) type psammetalla. 



Byrsoptera Low., Trans. Roy. Soc. S. 



Austr. XXV., 77 (1901) type .rylif<t is. 



Antennae in cf ciliated. Palpi moderately long, porrected, 

 second joint rough-scaled above and beneath. Thorax with 

 crest. Forewings with 7 separate, to termen. Hindwings 

 with 3, 4, 5 more or less remote, 6 and 7 connate or stalked. 



A genus of some extent, widely distributed in Asia, 

 Europe, and Africa, probably of Indo-Malayan origin. 



360. P. hotrana Schiff. 



(Eud&niis hotrana Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 

 1881, 649; Gi-apholita parvulana Walk., Cat. xxviii., 391.) 



Q. : Brisbane (Turner), Rosewood — N.S.W. : Sydney ; from 

 March to September, and in November. Larva in spun shoots 

 of the grape-vine, with which it has been introduced ; occurs 

 now commonly in Europe, Africa, and N. America. 



361. P. xylistis Low. 



(Byrsopfe7'a .ry/lsfis Low., Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr. 1901, 

 77.) 



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

 November. Specimens received from Mr. Dodd are stated to 

 have been bred, but without particulars. 



362. r. sedifera, n.sp. 



q". 11-13 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous-whitish, 

 palpi subascending, second joint more or less mixed with 

 dark fuscous towards middle. Antennal ciliations 1. Fore- 

 wings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen straight, somewhat oblique ; greyish-ochreous, 

 groundcolour mostly obliterated by suffused subconfluent 

 whitish striae rising from pairs of costal strigulae, costa dark 



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