A PRELIMINARY REVISION DF THE AUSTRAEIAN 

 TBYRIDJDAE AND PYRALIDAE. 



Part I. 



By A. JEFFERIS TURNER, M.D., F.B.S. 



{JRead before the Royal Society of Queensland, 12t]i Decern her, 1903.) 



The present attempt is based on Sir Geo. Hampson's Revision 

 of the Thyrididae and Pyralidae (excepting the Phycitinae and 

 OaUerianae) of the World. Where I have differed from this I 

 have in most cases drawn attention to the fact, and have usually 

 indicated my reasons ; but in the main I have followed it rather 

 closely. It was indeed indispensable, and perhaps I may be 

 excused, if I express my admiration for the immense amount of 

 minutely accurate work which it contains. I have also 

 endeavoured to make full use of the valuable papers of Mr. 

 Edw. Meyrick, who laid the foundations of the present classi- 

 fication of the Pyralidae both of Australia and Europe. Un- 

 fortunately, except in the case of the Crambinae, Mr. Meyrick 's 

 material appears to have been rather scanty. 



For the purposes of this revision I have examined the 

 British Museum collection. For many species I have to thank 

 kind and esteemed correspondents. Many named species are, 

 however, unknown to me ; these are indicated by the sign ft. 

 The sign f prefixed to a species indicates that I have seen 

 examples, bat have not been able to examine their structure. 



I have not thought it necessary to transcribe much of the 

 synonymy, which may be found in Sir Geo. Hampson's papers, 

 but have endeavoured to give references to the original 

 descriptions, and to the best available descriptions of each 

 Species. I am unable to give references for some of the names 

 obtained from the British Museum. 



