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Group— PYRALIDINA. 



This present group is divisible into thirteen families, although 

 Meyrick, in a recent contribution to the Entomological Society 

 of London, has merged the H ydrocampidce and Scopariadce into 

 the Pyraustidce, and the Epipasckiadoz into the Pyralididce, 

 besides forming quite a new arrangement. I have hitherto con- 

 sidered the genus Hydnllodes (Noctnina) more closely allied to 

 the genus Epipaschla than any other, and for that reason I adopt 

 the following arrangement as more convenient and seemingly 

 natural. Meyrick considers the group under notice as possibly 

 being a development of a group of Bombycina. This seems 

 highly probable in some respects, but the same remark would to 

 some extent apply to certain Noctuina. Of course, I consider it 

 highly advisable to have a recognized arrangement, but, as most 

 authors are at loggerheads, it seems useless for me to attempt any 

 systematic classification at the present juncture. My arrangement 

 of the Australian species is as follows: — Epipaschiadce, Pyralididce, 

 Musotimidce, H ydrocampidce, Botydidce, Scopariadce, Cram'ridce, 

 Galhriadce, Phycididre, Tineodidce, Oxychirotidce, Pterophoridce, 

 A lucitido?,. 



Family— EPIPASCHIAD^. 



EPIPASCH1A. Clem. 



419. E. saburaus, Walk. (Pyralis saburalis, Walk., B. M. Cat, 



914 ; Astrapometis saburalis, Meyr., Tr. Ent. Soc. 

 Lond., p. 67, 1883). 

 Gisborne, &c. 



420. E. funerea, Walk. (A crobasis funerea, Walk., B. M. Cat. 



(Cr.), 31 ; Catamola funerea, Meyr., Tr. Ent. Soc, p. 

 65, 1883). 

 Melbourne, Gisborne, Sale. 



*42i. E. capnopis, Meyr. (Catamola capnopis, Meyr., Tr. Ent. 

 Soc, p. 439, 1885). 

 Melbourne. 



TITANOCEROS. Meyr. 

 STERICTA. Ld. 

 *42 2. S. habitalis, Gn. (Glossina habitalis, Gn., Pyral., 125 ; 

 Pyralis navplialis, Walk., B. M. Cat., 272 ; P. 

 porphyralis, ib., Supp., 1,243). 

 Gisborne, Ararat, Melbourne. 



423. S. costigeralis, Walk. (Pyralis costigeralis, Walk., Tr. Ent. 

 Soc. Lond., i., 3rd series, 121 ; Cacozelia costigeralis, 

 Meyr., ib., 439, 1885). 

 Gisborne, Melbourne, Stawell, Castlemaine, Fernshaw. 



