116 AUSTRALIAN THYRIDIDAE AND PYRALIDAE 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q., Townsville, in September; one specimen. 



HYPSOTROPHA ICASMOPIS, 11. sp, 



eiKas/xa, a likeness. 



(? 18 HU'I- Head fuscous. Palpi long (4), fii.scous, 

 porrect, terminal joint slightly down-curved. Antennae fuscous; 

 in (? basal joint thickened but not toothed, shaft beyond basal 

 joint expanded antero-posteriorly and somewhat twisted, beyond 

 this simple, ciliated. Thorax whitish, anteriorly fuscous. 

 Abdomen whitish, base of dorsum ochreous. Legs fusoous. 

 Forewings narrow-elongate, not dilated, costa rather strongly 

 arched, apex round-pointed, termen slightly rounded, very 

 oblique ; whitish irrorated with fuscous and pale reddish ; a 

 well-defined dark-fuscous costal streak to ^ continued by 

 scattered scales nearly to apex ; a subcostal streak from base to 

 apex, narrow at extremities, broad in aiiddle, upper edge defined, 

 lower suffused ; a fuscous spot above ^ dorsum ; an interrupted 

 inwardly oblique fuscous line from streak at f to dorsum at f ; 

 a terminal series of fuscous dots ; cilia whitish. Hindwings 

 rather narrow but broader than forewings, termen slightly 

 sinuate ; whitish, towards apex greyish ; cilia whitish. 



At first sight this presents a very deceptive resemblance to 

 the preceding, though the male antennae and shape of wings 

 are quite different. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q. Townsville, in January ; one specimen received from 

 Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



HYPSOTROPHA EURYZONELLA. 



eurijzonella, Meyr. 



Very similar to H. pleurosticha but J antennae ciliated. 



N.Q., Thursday Island, Townsville ; N.W.A., Roeburne. 



t HYPSOTROPHA PUPUASELLA. 



papuaseUa, Rag. 



HYPSOTROPHA RHODOSTICHA, 71. Sp. 



poSosTixos, rosy-streaked. 



$ , 14-20 W- Head and thorax ochreous whitish 

 pinkish tinged. Palpi long (4), porrect, terminal joint down- 

 curved. Antennae ochreous-whitish. Abdomen, whitish, base 

 of doraum ochreous. Legs whitish ; anterior pair, pinkish- 

 fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex round- 

 pointed, termen obliquely rounded ; pinkish ; veins outlined 

 with whitish ; cilia pinkish, bases whitish. Hindwings with 

 termen rounded ; whitish ; cilia whitish. 



