1108 DESCRIPTIONS OF ADDITIONAL AUSTRALIAN PYRALIDINA, 



BOTYDIDAE. 



Glyphodes, Gn. 



Glyph, luciferalis, Walk. 



Brisbane, Queensland ; one specimen received from Dr. T. P. 

 Lucas. Occurs also in New Guinea, Java, and India. 



Glyph. 7nicrota, n.sp. 



9. 15 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-brown, with a white 

 line above eyes. PaljDi dark fuscous, beneath white towards base. 

 Antennae fuscous-whitish. Abdomen light fuscous. Legs whitish. 

 Forewings elongate- triangular, costa posteriorly moderately arched, 

 apex obtuse, hindmargin bowed, oblique ; fuscous, base ochreous- 

 tinged ; costa suffused with light greyish-ochreous ; markings 

 iridescent white, semitransparent, surrounded by a darker suf 

 fusion ; a dot on inner margin at 3 ; a small irregular spot in disc 

 at ^ ; a transverse suboblong spot in disc before middle, reaching 

 from near costa to below middle; a pentagonal blotch in disc at §, 

 not approaching either margin ; a narrow transverse spot from 

 costa at 5, whence proceeds a slender line close round two lower 

 sides of discal blotch to middle of disc, almost reaching preceding 

 spot, thence very abruptly bent back and running in a sinuate 

 course to inner margin at | ; a blackish hindmarginal line : cilia 

 light fuscous, with a darker line. Hindwings iridescent white, 

 semitransparent ; a small dark fuscous spot in disc before middle ; 

 a broad fuscous hindmarginal band, nearl}'' of equal width through- 

 out, anteriorly suffused with dark fuscous ; cilia whitish, with a 

 fuscous line. 



Brisbane, Queenland ; one specimen received from Dr. T. P. 

 Lucas. Allied to G. bicol or ; it is the smallest known species of 

 the genus. 



