694 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, IV., 



Gen. 19. P I S R A C A. 



Pisoraca Wlk., Brit. Mus. Cat. xxiv. p. 1078; Trirachopoda 

 Hmps., 111. Het. ix. p.U8. 



Palpi elongate; terminal joint more or less elongate, similar in 

 both sexes. Posterior tibiae of g with a single median spur, 

 Forewings with areole sometimes absent. 



Type P. hitactata Wlk., from South Africa. 



1. Wings yellowish 91. nephelospila. 



Wings brown 9S. 7iiveopwicta. 



Wings whitish 2. 



2. Forewings with postmedian line strongly angled 



inwards beneath costa '. 99. punctata. 



Forewings with postmedian line not strongly angled 



inwards. 3. 



3. Face purple-fuscous above, whitish beneath 100. cryptorhodata. 



Face brownish 101. decretaria. 



Section i. Middle tibice of $ densely hairy. 

 97. Pisoraca nephelospila. 

 Perixera nephelospila Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. 1889, p.487. 



Male with long antennal pectinations (12); anterior and middle 

 femora hairy on posterior surface; middle femora densely clothed 

 with long hairs on posterior surface. Palpi in both sexes 1|, 

 terminal joint |. 



Somewhat variable but easily recognised by the structural 

 characters of the male, yellow-ochreous coloration, large size 

 (36-40 mm.); and white discal dot of hind wings without dark 

 edge. 



Type in Coll. Meyrick. 



N.Q.: Kuranda, in August, February, and March; four speci- 

 mens (Mr. F. P. Dodd). Also from New Guinea. 



Section ii. Middle tibiiv of $ smooth. 



98. Pisoraca niveopuncta. 



Brachycola niveopuncta Warr., Nov. Zool. 1897, p. 48; Perixera 

 transversata Warr., Nov. Zool. 1897, p. 58. 



