200 Mr. B. Meyrick on Pyralidina from 



near base. Hind wings with colour and cilia as in fore wings ; a 

 straight purple median transverse line. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Warragul, Victoria ; in 

 February ; two specimens (coll. Raynor and Lucas). 



Siculodes, H.-S. 

 Siculodes magnified, n. s. 

 5 , 18 mm. Head and palpi orange mixed with black, face with 

 a conical projection ; palpi porrected, roughly scaled. Antennae 

 black, moderately ciliated (1) (in male probably more strongly 

 ciliated). Thorax black, margins and posterior half of patagia 

 orange. Abdomen black, sides and segmental margins orange. 

 Legs blackish, apex of tarsal joints whitish-ochreous, posterior 

 tibia? orange. Fore wings rather elongate-triangular, costa some- 

 what sinuate, abruptly arched before apex, hind margin strongly 

 rounded, oblique ; veins 8 and 9 separate ; black ; three moderate 

 orange fasciae, not quite touching margins ; first subbasal, irre- 

 gular ; second median, narrowed towards extremities; third sub- 

 terminal, contracted above middle ; an orange dot on costa at 

 one-fourth ; cilia black. Hind wings black ; a broad orange 

 median band, not reaching costa ; a small cloudy orange spot 

 beneath costa before apex, and a larger orange spot before middle 

 of hind margin, round which are some scattered orange scales ; 

 cilia black. 



Bulli, New South Wales ; one specimen in October. 



Siculodes asuridia, Butl. 



Gonocausta asuridia, Butl., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 

 1886, 429, PL X., 5. 



Queensland ; nearest allied to the preceding species. 



Siculodes theorina, n. s. 



$ , 58 mm. Head, antennae, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous 

 mixed with grey-whitish, partly tinged with brownish or reddish; 

 antennae shortly bipectinated throughout. Palpi ferruginous, 

 ascending, smooth-scaled, terminal joint very short. Legs pale 

 ochreous, suffused with reddish and mixed with grey. Fore wings 

 elongate-triangular, costa rather strongly sinuate, apex obtuse, 

 hind margin bowed, oblique; vein 1 basally furcate, 8 and 1) 

 separate ; reddish-ochreous, costal half suffused with grey-whitish 

 except on an apical patch ; live ferruginous fasciae, darkest on 



