BY OSWALD B. LOWER. 479 



several roundish spots of lighter groundcolour, outlined in black, 

 median spots smallest; veins beyond patch outlined in black, the 

 interspaces filled in with five well defined streaks of whitish; 

 cilia ochreous-fuscous, sharply barred with white, being the con- 

 tinuation of the interneural streaks. Hind wings dark fuscous, 

 with a fuscous subterminal line, tips dull whitish. 

 Dalby, Queensland; one specimen, in November. 



Zeuzera perigypsa, n.sp. 



(J. 44 mm. Head fuscous- whitish. Palpi whitish, base of 

 second joint black. Antennse whitish, pectinations dull orange. 

 Thorax dark fuscous, anteriorly mixed with whitish scales. Ab- 

 domen dark fuscous, laterally somewhat mixed with whitish. 

 Legs grey- whitish, posterior tibiae and tarsi ochreous-tinged. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, termen very obliquely 

 rounded; dull white, finely reticulated throughout with short, 

 waved, transverse lines, which accumulate more thickly along 

 costal portion of wing; costal edge obscurely dull whitish through- 

 out; cilia fuscous. Hindwings pale whitish-grey, with a few 

 very obscure scattered light fuscous reticulations; cilia as in fore- 

 wings, becoming darker at extremities of veins. 



Broken Hill, N.S.W.; one specimen, in March. 



Pyralidina. 



PYRAUSTID^. 

 Metallarcha grammetalla, n.sp. 

 9. 24 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax orange-yellow, palpi in- 

 fuscated laterally and beneath. Antennae fuscous. Abdomen 

 orange-yellow. Legs dark fuscous, posterior pair yellow, tibiae 

 obscurely banded with fuscous. Forewings elongate, moderate, 

 triangular, costa straight, termen oblique, gently rounded; bright 

 yellow, markings dull leaden-metallic; a moderate costal streak, 

 thickest on basal fourth, at base continued to fold ; a moderately 

 thick transverse fascia, strongly indented anteriorly above middle, 

 from costa just before middle to middle of dorsum; a similar 

 fascia parallel to termen, from costa just before apex direct and 

 almost reaching vein two, thence strongly curved inwards so as 



