Aastndlait Lepidoptera. 2,11 



projection ; an iuteiTupted whitish waved subtermiiial line ; 

 an interrupted bhickish terminal line, thickened l)etween in- 

 terruptions ; cilia fuscous mixed with pale ochreous ; apices 

 whitish. Hind wings with ternien slightly rounded ; whitish 

 sutl'used with grey ; with a dark fuscous discal dot, and an 

 interrupted dark fuscous' hind marginal line ; c-ilia whitish 

 mixed with grey. 



Type in Coll. Lower. 



v., Gisborne, Kewell, Birchip ; S.A., Mt. Lofty. 



Genus 21. Dasysterna, nov. 



[8acrv(TTepFos, hairy-bieasted]. 



Face with long projecting hairs. Tongue pi'esent. Antennae 

 of J ciliated. Palpi lather long, second joint ascending, terminal 

 joint porrect, clothed with long stitf iiairs in fi'ont. Tiiorax and 

 coxae densely hairy beneath. Posterior tibae with all spurs 

 present. Fore wings with areole single. Hind wings with vein 

 5 from slightly above middle of cell, 6 anil 7 stalked, 8 anast(»- 

 mosing with cell to beyond middle. 



Type D. tristis, Butl. 



Closely allied to Dasyuiis, Gn., of whicli it is a development; 

 these two genera, with the New Zealand Notoreas, Meyr., and the 

 Xew Zealand and European Lythria, Hb., form a natural and 

 pi'obaltly archaic group. 



128. Dasysteuna tristis. 



Phytometra tristi.s, Butl. A.M.N.H., 18S2, p. 90. 



Scordylia tristi.s, iMeyr. P.L.8. N.S.W., 1890, p. 819. 



Type in British Museum. 



Mr. Meyrick overlooked the hairy underside of this species ; 

 probably in his specimens it was denuded. jNlr. Butler made a less 

 excusable error in describing it as a Noctuid. 



v., Melbourne, Kewell, Nhill. 



Genus 22. Dasyuris. 

 Dasyuris, (in. 



Face rough-haired or with projecting scales. Palpi moderate, 

 porrected, with long dense rough hairs. Antennae in cT shortly 



