188 Mr. E. Meyrick on Pyralidina from 



annulated with dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, irro- 

 rated with dark grey. Legs dark fuscous, ringed with whitish- 

 ochreous. Fore wings elongate-triangular, costa slightly arched, 

 apex obtuse, hind margin obliqiiely rounded ; veins 4 and 5 from 

 a point ; fuscous, irrorated with blackish-fuscous, sometimes mixed 

 with whitish-ochreous towards margins ; a small blackish-fuscous 

 spot on costa near base, edged laterally with pale ; lines cloudy, 

 blackish-fuscous ; first from one-fourth of costa to one-third of 

 inner margin, obscurely edged with pale anteriorly, almost 

 straight; second from before two-thirds of costa to two-thirds of 

 inner margin, posteriorly obscurely edged with whitish-ochreous, 

 upper two-thirds strongly but unevenly curved outwards; a small 

 blackish discal spot between these, preceded by some raised 

 ochreous-whitish scales ; cilia whitish-ochreous, mixed and 

 obscurely barred with fuscous, with an ill-defined dark fuscous 

 line near base. Hind wings with veins 4 and 5 from a point, 

 8 free ; fuscous-grey, paler towards base and grey-whitish towards 

 costa; an indistinct grey discal lunule at one-third; a curved 

 ill-defined grey-whitish line about three-fourths, anteriorly edged 

 with darker grey ; a cloudy dark fuscous hind-marginal line ; cilia 

 grey-whitish, with a fuscous-grey line near base. 



Geraldton, West Australia ; three specimens on 

 flowers after dark, in November. In the case of this 

 and the following species the male is still unknown, and 

 they might therefore possibly be referable to Epipaschia ; 

 I think this species, however, is almost certainly a true 

 Stericta ; S. tomotis is more doubtful. 



Stericta (?) tomotis, n. s. 

 5 , 20 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish-fuscous, some- 

 what mixed with whitish-ochreous ; face and palpi dark fuscous. 

 Antennae whitish-ochreous, annulated with fuscous. Legs dark 

 fuscous, ringed with whitish-ochreous. Fore wings elongate- 

 fcriangular, costa gently arched, apex rounded, hind margin 

 oblique, slightly rounded ; veins 4 and 5 stalked; reddish-fuscous, 

 thinly irrorated with dark fuscous and a few whitish-ochreous 

 scales; a transverse dark fuscous tuft of scales in disc before one- 

 third ; lines cloudy, whitish-ochreous, edged on discal side with 

 dark fuscous; first from two-fifths of costa to middle of inner 

 margin, somewhat curved outwards near costa; second from 

 three-fifths of costa to three-fourths of inner margin, middle third 

 abruptly curved outwards; a small discal tuft of dark fuscous 

 scales between these; a whitish irroration towards middle of hind 



