266 Mr. E. Meyrick on Pyralidina from 



PTEROPHOMD.E. 



Cosmoclostis, Meyr. 



Cosmoclostis aglaodesma, Meyr. 



The British Museum has received this also from the 

 Solomon Islands. 



Teichoptilus, Wlsm. 

 Trichoptilus centetes, Meyr. 



Also from Queensland; one specimen (coll. Lucas). 



Trichoptilus adelphodes, n. s. 

 J $? , 14 — 1G mm. Head ochreous. Palpi ochreous mixed with 

 white and fuscous, base white, second joint reaching middle of face. 

 Antennae ochreous-whitish, with a dark fuscous line on back. 

 Thorax ochreous, posterior margin more or less white. Abdomen 

 ochreous mixed with ochreous-whitish, sides generally mixed with 

 dark fuscous, apex in male with a single moderate obliquely 

 ascending hair-pencil, valves small. Legs white, longitudinally 

 striped with blackish, posterior tibiae banded in middle and at apex 

 with brownish-ochreous or dark fuscous. Fore wings cleft from 

 middle, segments linear ; veins 2 and 10 present ; brownish- 

 ochreous ; costal edge and first segment more or less suffused with 

 fuscous ; a black dot in disc at one-third, and another on first 

 segment at base ; generally a few white scales before cleft ; some 

 white scales forming obscure bands on both segments before middle 

 and towards apex ; cilia rather dark fuscous, or ochreous-fuscous, 

 on costa spotted with white on bands, on lower margin of first 

 segment mixed with white, with one or two black scales, on upper 

 margin of second segment with some white scales towards base, 



black scales towards middle, and a white apical spot, on 

 lower margin of second segment with narrow white bars opposite 

 bands. Hind wings cleft firstly from one-fourth, secondly from 

 base, segments linear; rather dark fuscous: cilia light fuscous, 

 third segment at most with one or two black scales on inner 



n at three-fifths, and a fringe of white hair-scales between 

 this and base. 



( larnarvon, West Australia ; six specimens in October. 

 The species was rather common, appearing to frequent 

 a species of vetch, but at the time I mistook it for 

 T. xerodes. It is much more nearly allied to T. centetes, 

 differing at first sight principally in the more pronounced 



