DESCRIPTIONS OF ADDITIONAL AUSTRALIAN 

 PYRALIDINA. 



By E. Meyrick, B.A., F.E.S. 



The following species, mostly new, are additions to the list of 

 Australian Pyralidina, and include several forms of considerable 

 interest. They are mostly received from tny esteemed and energetic 

 Queensland correspondents, Mr. G. Barnard of Coomooboolaroo, 

 and Dr. T. P. Lucas of Brisbane. 



PYRALIDIDAE. 



Centropseustis, n.g. 



Forehead with projecting tuft of scales ; ocelli present ; tongue 

 well-developed. Antennse |, in ^ stout, dentate, moderately 

 ciliated, with a fine obliquely projecting spine from near base of 

 stalk above, basal joint moderately large. Labial palpi long, 

 porrected, clothed with dense loose scales, in ^ bent, in 9 nearly 

 straight, in ^ with terminal joint enlarged and excavated internally 

 and clothed with very dense expansible scales above and beneath. 

 Maxillary palpi obsolete. Posterior tibiae with outer spurs about 

 \ of inner. Forewings with vein la simple, connected by a bar 

 before middle with lb, 6 approximated or from a point with 9, 7 

 and 8 out of 9, 10 connected with 9 at a point above 7. Hind- 

 wings over 1 ; veins 4 and 5 closely approximated at base, 7 out 

 of 6, anastomosing with 8 at a point before middle. 



A curious and distinct genus, allied to Hypotia. 



