BY E. MEYKICK. 73 



brownish, tineiy irrorated with whitish, and strewn with l)hickisli 

 or dark fuscous s<ales; some undefined darker suffusion towards 

 costa before mi' Idle; a narrow or linear transverse dark fuscous 

 mark in disc before § : cilia grey irrorated with whitish. Hind- 

 wings in ^ dark fusrous, in ^ fuscous, somewhat ochreous-tinged; 

 hairs on 16 tinged with ochreous; cilia light ochreous-fuscous, 

 basal hnlf in ^ dark fuscous. 



Townsville and Duaringa, Queensland, in April (Barnard, 

 Dodd, Lower); five specimens. Mr. Dodd states that "the larva 

 has two stages, one bug-like, the other rayed; in the latter stage 

 it lives in the nests of ants; the change of shape is effected in a 

 small cocoon." 



14. HOMADAULA, n.g. 



Head smooth, sidetufts somewhat spreading; tongue developed; 

 ocelli absent. Antennae f, in ^ serrulate, shortly ciliated, basal 

 joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi moderate, straight, 

 porrected or subascending, second joint thick, shortly rough- 

 scaled, terminal joint short, stout, cylindrical, obtuse. M-axillar}' 

 palpi rudimentar}'. Posterior tibiae wath appressed scales. Fore- 

 wings with \b furcate, 2 from near angle, 7 to apex or termen, 

 11 from middle, secondary cell defined. Hindwings 1, elongate- 

 ovate, cilia 4; 3 and 4 connate or stalked, 5-7 parallel. 



Type H. mi/rioi^pila. Probably related to Auticrates, from 

 which it differs mainly by the peculiar palpi. 



95. H. coscinopa Low. 



{IJomadaula coscinopa Low,, Proc. Linn. Soc.N.S. Wales, 1 900, 

 51.) 



Broken Hill, New South Wales, in March, 



96. H. myriospilay n.sp. 



(J9. 13-17 mm. Head and thorax grey sprinkled with whitish. 

 Palpi blackish, apex grey. Antenna? and abdomen gre3\ Fure- 

 wings elong-ite, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, termen 

 rather obliquely rounded; grey, finely irrorated with white, strewn 

 with numerous dark fuscous dots; the absence of white irroration 



