of the AKStralian Pjirnlidina. 



441 



Persicoptera, Meyr. 



The antenna, of male are strongly ciliated with fascicles of 

 cUia (2i). 



Drymiarciia, n. g. 

 Forehead with hairs projecting in a rough cone -ocelli present ; 

 tongne well developed. Antennae in male moderately M^ectmated. 

 MaxiUary palpi obsolete. Labial palpi rather long, straigh , poi- 

 rected, densely scaled, obtuse, above with a dense expansible tuf 

 of scales. Thorax hairy beneath. Abdomen m male with ^alves 

 moderate, exserted, clothed with long scales ; uncus ^lodexa e 

 curved. Fore wings with vein 1 moderately furcate at base 4 and 

 5 from very near together, 7 out of stalk of 8 and 9, 8 o below 

 apex, 10 sinuate. Hind wings with vems 4 and almost horn a 

 point, 6 and 7 stalked, 8 free, closely approximated to 7 bejond 



origin. 



A very distinct genus, most allied to CEdematophaga. 



Drymiarcha cxanthes, n. s. 

 ^ 29 mm. Head light purple-reddish, mixed with grey- 

 whitish. Palpi dull fuscous-purphsh, tuft mixed with 8-3- "tislr^ 

 Tase white. Antenna grey-whitish. Thorax purple-reddish, on 

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:S:^rrS:.^W.^t;^:^ngs tSangular^j;:^ow . 

 base,costa nearly straight, somewhat sinuate, -^e-^^^l;^^^ 

 margin strongly bowed, rather obhque ; pale gr-ey-reddish, lightest 

 Towards ana angle; basal third rather dark reddish luscous 

 bounded by a slender whitish grey-margined line from one-third of 

 coTtf to two-fifths of inner margin, angularly bent ou twai^s m 

 middle and less prominently inwards near mner margm a wln^ 

 dot m disc above middle ; a slender white grey-margmed hue ona 

 two-thirds of costato two-thirds of inner margm, up.per poition 

 perpendicular to costa, tolerably straight, below middle acutely 

 'aWated inwards to beneath discal spot, thence slightly ciu-yed 

 o Lards; costa between first and secondlines suffused with white , 

 a large ochreous-reddish costal patch beyond ---f l^^' -f/;;; 

 suffused with fuscous ; ciha light fuscous-purphsh, basa l^alf gjey 

 Hind wmgs rather light ochreous-yellow ; a moderately broad dark 

 grey hind marginal band, below middle suddenly ceasmg, but 

 sendinc^ from lower corner a short narrow suffusion mwards towards 



