-02 Mr. E. Mevrick on Pyralidina from 



separate ; snow-white ; costa suffused with fuscous on basal third ; 

 numerous irregularly scattered and partially continent short trans- 

 verse fuscous strigulae between the veins ; a round black dot before 

 apex, a second before hind margin in middle, and a third above 

 anal angle ; a short black longitudinal mark above second dot ; 

 cilia white, barred with light fuscous. Hind wings with colour, 

 strigulae, and cilia as in fore wings ; a round black dot before hind 

 margin beneath apex, and a second before hind margin con- 

 siderably above anal angle. Fore wings beneath with a double 

 longitudinal streak of black scales, mixed with purple and green 

 metallic scales, along upper margin of cell ; markings more 

 ochreous. 



Port Darwin, North Australia ; two specimens. Nearly 

 allied to S. anticalis, Walk. 



Mesopempta, Meyr. 

 Mesope?npta polyphoralis, Walk. 



Pyralis polyphoralis, Walk., Suppl., 1977 ; P. poly- 

 graphalis, ib., 1245. 



c? ? , 15 — 16 mm. Head and palpi deep ferruginous. Antenna? 

 pale ochreous. Thorax and abdomen reddish-ochreous. Legs 

 reddish-ochreous or fuscous, tarsal joints with pale apical rings, 

 posterior tibia? in male with an expansible pencil of long fine 

 whitish hairs from base lying in a groove. Fore wings elongate- 

 triangular, costa posteriorly moderately arched, apex obtuse, hind 

 margin obliquely rounded ; pale reddish-ochreous ; a darker basal 

 patch extending to one-third of costa and one-fourth of inner 

 margin, its outer edge forming an angular projection above middle; 

 costa between this and fascia strigulated with darker and lighter; 

 a moderate darker fascia, in female more ferruginous-brown, 

 posterior edge straight and sharply defined by a whitish-ochreous 

 line from two-thirds of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, 

 anterior edge dilated inwards on lower half and touching projection 

 of basal patch ; a somewhat darker cloud on hind margin beneath 

 apex, and another on anal angle ; cilia reddish- ochreous, terminal 

 half whitish-ochreous. Eind wings with hind margin slightly 

 rounded; colour and markings much as in fore wings, Inn basal 

 patch much smaller and without projection, inner edge of fascia 

 straighl and parallel to outer, a tolerably defined streak parallel to 

 fa cia at three-fourths, sometimes a. small dark reddish-fuscous 

 spot near hind margin beneath apex; cilia as in fore wings. 



Duaringa, Queensland ; three specimens sent by Mr. 



