of the Australian Pyralidina. 427 



Mi7neseoptilus leuconephes, Meyr. 

 Mount Kosciusko (4700 feet), New South Wales. 



Cenoloba, Wlsm. 

 Cenoloha ohUteralis, Walk. 

 Pterophorus ohUteralis, Walk., 945 ; Wlsm., Ent. Mo. 



Mag., 1885, 176. 



This species, said to be Australian, is unknown to me. 



Oxiiptilus cinctipedcdis, Walk., 935 ; Pterophorus diffn- 



salis ^ ib., 945 ; and P. deprivatalis, ib., 946. Ihese 



species I have not yet succeeded in identifymg ; nor can 



I speak with certainty of P. tinctidactylus, Newm. 



ALUCITID^. 



Alucita, Z. 



Alucita phricodes, Meyr. 



Duaringa, Queensland ; Sydney, New South Wales. 



HYDEOCAMPID^. 



Uncus in <? well-developed, complex. Fore wings witli 10 often 

 out of 8, rarely also 7. Hind wings with lower median not pecti- 

 nated, 7 out of 6, 8 anastomosing with 7 beyond cell. 



1 a. Vein 10 of fore wings rising out of 8 . . . • Paraponyx. 



1 h. ,, n 11 separate. 



2 a. Labial palpi very long, straight . . • • Schcenobius. 



2 h. „ „ moderate, generally arched. 



3 a. Terminal joint of labial palpi acute . . Amjdraula. 



3 6 ,, ,, ,, obtuse. 



4 a. Veins 4 and 5 of hind wings stalked . . Hydreuretis. 

 4^_ ^^ ^, „ ,, separate .. Scirpophaga. 



Anydraula, n. g. 

 Forehead vertical; ocelli present; tongue slender, developed. 

 Antenna two-thirds, in male moderately ciUated (1), above with 

 angularly projecting scales at joints. Maxillary palpi moderate, 

 loo^sely scaled. Labial palpi moderate, curved, obhquely ascending, 

 2nd joint beneath rough-haired or with a loose rough projecting 

 tuft of scales towards apex, terminal joint shorter than 2nd, slender, 

 pointed. Abdomen in male with valves strong, exser ted, scaled; 



