BY THOMAS P. LUCAS. " 247 



Brisbane; found in larval state by Mr. Illidge, our most care- 

 ful observer. 



Family PYSALIDIDiE, 



Pyralidinse. 



E U D A I M O N I S M A, n.g. 



Head with adpressed hairs, a conspicuous tuft of hairs from 

 between the eye and palpus, on either side, radiating outwards. 

 Tongue well developed. Antennae finely serrate. Maxillary 

 palpi short, truncate. Labial palpi adpressed to tongue, straight, 

 drooping, first and second joints hairy, terminal joint short, 

 acuminate. Forewings with veins 7 and 8 from a point, 8 and 9 

 stalked, 10 and 11 out of 7. Hindwings with vein 6 free, 

 approaching 7 before middle, 7 and 8 stalked. 



Allied to ^Enogenes. 



EuDAiMONiSMA Batchelorella, nsp. 



(^9- 1^-15 nim. Head woolly white, with two short frontal 

 tufts tipped with fuscous-black. Palpi white, edged with dark 

 fuscous, terminal joint short, deep fuscous. Antennae simple, 

 ochreous-white. Thorax white, with a narrow line anteriorly 

 and a small patch on dorsum light fuscous. Abdomen white with 

 a few light fuscous scales on free edge of segments. Legs white; 

 first pair dark fuscous at joints. Forewings woolly white sparsely 

 suffused with fuscous scales, and lined and bordered with rich 

 chestnut-fuscous; costa straight, apex bowed, hindmargin straight, 

 inner half obliquely bowed. Forewings with chestnut band along 

 costa. finely edged and irregularly interrupted with white ; a 

 circular line of chestnut from i costa to J inner margin, twice 

 angled posteriorly and deepl}'- in middle anteriorl}'; a discal spot, 

 not touching costa beyond |, prolonged and narrowed obliquely 

 to median vein; a fine wavy dentate circular line from | costa, 

 becoming parallel with hindmargin through middle third of wing, 

 thence bent at right angles anteriorly, again bent sharply on 

 itself, and again angled to | inner margin; a blotch from anal 



