of the Australian Pyralidina. 



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costa before and after middle of 1st segment, a dot on mner 

 margin of 1st segment towards apex, three dots on inner margm 

 of 2nd segment, a dot at apex of each segment, and sometnnes one 

 or two others ; cilia whitish. Hind wings cleft firstly fi-om before 

 middle, secondly from near base, segments hnear; white; ciha 

 white ; vein 1 b strongly pectinated towards base. 



Nearest allied to .1. monosinlalis ; probably also related 

 to A. malacensisy Z. 



Larva pale green (undescribed) ; feeds on Astrotriclie 

 floccosa {Araliacece}, eating the leaf into holes from 

 beneath. Pupa exposed, appressed to lower surface ot 

 leaf; rather thinly clothed with curved bristly whitish 

 hairs; pale green, with dorsal and subdorsal rows ot 

 black dots. 



Brisbane, Queensland; Sydney, New South Wales; 

 George's Bay, Tasmania; from September to April, 

 common amongst its food-plant ; also occurs m the New 

 Hebrides, Fiji, and Tonga. 



^o^e.— In A. innotatalis veins 2 and 11 of the fore 

 wings are both absent, as in yl. tetradactyla, A. spilo- 

 dacttjla, and A. poitadactijla ; in A. furcatahs, A. lijco- 

 sema, A. vionospilalis, and A. aptalis vein 11 is absent, 

 but 2 is present ; the oldest type of the genus, m which 

 veins 2 and 11 are both present, as m A. galactodactijia, 

 is not represented in this region. It may therefore be 

 inferred that the genus did not originate here (but 

 probably in Europe) ; but that its introduction into New 

 Zealand dates back to a remote period : the single 

 species found in Australia must be regarded as a 

 straggler which has recently found its way thither from 

 the Pacific Islands. 



DoxosTERES, Meyr. 

 Doxosteres canalis, Walk. 



Pterophorus canalis, Walk., 948. 



$ 5 17—19 mm. Head and thorax brownish ochreous, 

 suflu'sedly irrorated with white. Palpi ochreous, apex of 2nd joint 

 white. Antennae whitish gi'ey. Abdomen ochreous, base and 

 apex mixed with white. Legs white, anterior tibiae striped with 

 ochreous. Fore wings cleft from before two-thirds, 1st segment 

 moderate, parallel-sided, hind margin subconcave, extremely 

 obhque, 2nd segment somewhat narrower, shghtly dilated, liuid 



