264 Mr. E. Meyrick on Pyralidina from 



streak , a cloudy blackish interrupted hind-marginal line ; cilia 

 whitish, mixed with fuscous (imperfect). Hind wings semi- 

 transparent, light grey ; veins and a cloudy hind-marginal line 

 darker grey ; cilia grey-whitish, with a cloudy grey line. 



Queensland ; one specimen (coll. Lucas). 



Hypophana, Meyr. 

 Hypophana homosema, n. s. 

 $ J , 16 — 19 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax whitish- 

 grey, somewhat prismatic ; tuft of antennae in male grey in front, 

 black behind, ciliations one-third; thorax in male beneath with 

 cuirass of shining pearly-white scales, concealing a large tuft of 

 black hairs on each side. Abdomen grey- whitish. Legs ochreous- 

 white irrorated with dark grey. Fore wings elongate, narrow, 

 posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded, 

 hind margin obliquely rounded ; veins 4 and 5 stalked ; grey, 

 closely irrorated with white, more suffusedly towards costa, and 

 with scattered black scales tending to collect on veins ; a thick 

 ill-defined whitish-ochreous longitudinal streak along submedian 

 fold from base to anal angle, and another near inner margin from 

 base to two-thirds, both often partially obsolete or interrupted 

 posteriorly ; an irroration of black scales tending to form a dot 

 below fold at one-third, a second in disc before middle, a third in 

 disc at two-thirds, and two curved shades near hind margin repre- 

 senting margins of second line, but these are all very obscure and 

 often not traceable ; cilia grey irrorated with white. Hind wings 

 with veins 3 and 4 from a point, 5 absent ; nearly transparent, 

 whitish-grey; a cloudy grey hind-marginal line; cilia whitish, 

 with a grey basal line. 



Perth, York, Geraldton, and Carnarvon, West Australia ; 

 very common, in October and November. Nearly allied 

 to H. petalocosma, but without the characteristic black 

 scale-streak at base of hind wings in male. 



Balanomis, n. g. 



Forehead somewhat prominent. Ocelli present. Tongue well- 

 developed. Antennas three-fourths (in male broken). Labial palpi 

 moderate, curved, ascending, thickened throughout with dense 

 somewhat rough scales, terminal joint somewhat shorter than 

 second, tolerably pointed. Maxillary palpi short, loosely scaled, 

 appressed to face. Middle and posterior tibiae thickened with 

 dense scales. Fore wings in male towards base with costal fold 



