190 Mr. E. Meyrick on Pyralidinafrom 



disc before one-third; a short thick cloudy blackish streak from 

 costa near base ; first line blackish, somewhat irregular, nearly 

 straight, from costa near before middle to middle of inner margin, 

 forming a rather conspicuous spot on costa usually preceded by a 

 pale spot ; a blackish discal dot, preceded by some raised scales, 

 towards costa close beyond first line ; second line blackish, sub- 

 dentate, from three-fifths of costa to three-fourths of inner margin, 

 forming a small spot on costa, upper two -thirds strongly curved 

 outwards ; an interrupted blackish hind-marginal line ; cilia grey- 

 whitish, sometimes reddish-tinged, with a grey line near base, and 

 obscurely barred with grey, forming dark grey dots on the line. 

 Hind wings with veins 4 and 5 approximated at base, 7 anasto- 

 mosing shortly with 8; fuscous, becoming grey-whitish near base ; 

 a more or less indistinct curved subdentate pale line about three- 

 fourths ; hind-marginal line and cilia as in fore wings. 



Melbourne, Victoria ; Launceston and Hobart, Tas- 

 mania ; in January ; several specimens. I formerly 

 confused females of this with Balanotis crypsaula, and 

 from this latter my former description of recurvalis was 

 drawn ; it much resembles Stericta recurvalis, but the 

 lines are quite differently placed. 



Stericta cholica, Meyr. 

 The female does not differ from the male in marking. 



Stericta costigeralis, Walk. 



The female is larger than the male, ranging to 



29 mm., but not different in marking. Occurs also at 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Fernshaw, Victoria ; in 

 October and December. 



Stericta xanthomelalis, Walk. 



I have not been able to properly examine this species, 

 but it is probably referable here. 



Stericta pyrastis, n. s. 



J , 84 — 35 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and 

 legs dark fuscous, mixed with whitish and reddish ; antennal 

 process short; thorax beneath with two expansible tufts of long 

 hairs from base of anterior legs. Fore wings very elongate- 

 triangular, costa slightly sinuate, apex rounded, hind margin 



