1106 DESCRIPTIONS OF ADDITIONAL AUSTRALIAN PYRALIDINA, 



Centr. astrapora, n.sp. 



(J9. 21-25 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, more or 

 less mixed with brownish. Palpi whitish, externally fuscous. 

 Antennae whitish-fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, segments 

 brownish-tinged except on margins. Legs fuscous, posterior 

 tibiae whitish. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa gently arched 

 posteriorly, apex obtuse, hindmargin bowed, rather oblique ; light 

 brownish-ochreous, costa more brownish anteriorly ; a cloudy white 

 longitudinal spot in disc near base, sometimes extended to base, 

 margined beneath by a short blackish dash ; a nearly straight 

 silvery-white streak from beneath costa at | to ? of inner margin, 

 posteriorly finely black-margined ; a silvery-white streak from 

 beneath costa at ^ to inner margin at §, rectangularly angulated 

 inwards below middle, anteriorly finely black-margined ; space 

 between these streaks ochreous-brown except on costa, with some 

 blackish scales above middle • a closely and acutely dentate cloudy 

 black line from apex to inner margin at f, nearly obsolete at lower 

 extremity, indented inwards to touch second transverse streak 

 above middle and again in its angulation ; space between this line 

 and second streak ochreous-brown ; space beyond it more or less 

 clouded with fuscous ; a whitish hindmarginal line : cilia ochreous- 

 brownish, with a row of blackish spots before middle. Hindwings 

 deep yellow ; a moderate dark fuscous hindmarginal band, 

 sufi'usedly dilated at apex and anal angle ; cilia yellowish, on 

 upper half with an interrupted dark fuscous line before middle. 



Sydney, New South Wales, in November and December ; not 

 often seen at large in the perfect state, but bred in plenty from 

 the larva by Mr. G. H. Raynor and myself. Larva 16-legged, 

 elongate, slender, cylindrical, very active ; body transversely 

 wrinkled, with a few long scattered pale hairs ; reddish-ochreous 

 on back, ochreous-whitish on sides ; dorsal line narrow, ochreous- 

 whitish, irregularly margined and lined with blackish ; a broad 

 double blackish lateral line, partially obscured with transverse 

 black wrinkles ; a dull ochreous reddish cloudy spot behind each 



