54 AUSTRALIAN THYRIDIDAE AND PYRALIDAE 
HETEROMICTA POEODES, 71. Sp. 
Towwoys, Zrass green. 
g 16 NLM. Head and palpi greenish-grey. Antennae 
whitish. Thorax green. Abdomen whitish. Legs whitish. 
irrorated and annulated with fuscous. Forewings elongate- 
triangular, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, 
oblique ; bright green with a very few fuscous scales; an 
irregularly shaped dark-fuscous discal spot at $; a series of 
dark-fuscous dots on apical third of costa continued round 
apex and termen; cilia greenish-grey. Hindwings with ter- 
men sinuate ; whitish-grey ; cilia whitish. 
Veins 4 and 5 of forewings are stalked. 
Type in Coll. Turner. 
N.Q.. Kuranda, in May, one specimen received from 
Mr. F. P. Dodd. 
TIRATHABA RUFIVENA. 
N.Q., Kuranda. 
TIRATHABA ACROCAUSTA. 
acrocausta, Meyr., Tr. E.S., 1899, p. 79. 
7? TIRATHABA CHLOROSEMA. 
Tirathaba chlorosema, Low., Tr.R.S.8S.A. 1903, p. 219. 
N.Q., Mackay ?. 
Probably a synonym of T. rufivena. 
TIRATHABA PARASITICA. 
Melissoblaptes parasiticus, Luc., P.R.S.Q. 1898, p. 85. 
Harpagoneura hepialivora, Hmps., Rom. Mem. vii, p. 
466, Pl. 53, f. 19 (1901). 
N.Q., Townsville. Q. Brisbane. N.S.W., Sydney (Lyell). 
Gen. STENACHROIA. 
This genus agrees with Meliphora in neuration, but is 
distinguished by having a long pointed frontal tuft and longer 
palpi. I cannot give a reference for the name. 
STENACHROIA MYRMECOPHILA, 2. Sp. 
puppnxodiros, ant-loving. 
@ 18-22 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax and 
abdomen fuscous. Legs fuscous with obscure whitish annula- 
tions. Forewings elongate-oval, costa strongly arched, apex 
rounded, termen obliquely rounded; grey, irrorated with 
dark fuscous, cilia grey. Hindwings with termen strongly 
sinuate ; grey ; cilia pale grey. 
