122 AUSTRALIAN THYRIDIDAK AND PYRALIDAE 



Gl'U. 0. POLYOCHA. 



Pohjocha, Zel., Isis, 1848, p. 876, Hmps. Moths Ind. iv, 

 p. 61. 



POLYOCHA RHABDOTA. 



paySSojTos, striped. 



(? 2 20-28 ^^\^\. Head dull reddish-purple; face fuscous. 

 Palpi long (4), porrecfc, terminal joint down-curved; fuscous. 

 Antennae of g simple, with base not distorted [partly broken] . 

 Thorax pale reddish. Abdomen whitish, towards apex greyish. 

 Legs pale greyish ; anterior pair fuscous. Forewings elongate 

 slightly dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex rounded, 

 termen obliquely rounded ; whitish more or less irroraced with 

 pinkish ; a broad white costal streak from base to apex, 

 attenuated at extremities ; beneath this a broad fuscous median 

 streak from base to apex ; cilia pinkish white. Hindwings with 

 termen slightly wavy ; whitish, towards apex greyish ; cilia 

 whitish. 



Type in (joll. Turner. 



N.Q. Townsville ; Q. Brisbane, Stanthorpe. Three speci- 

 mens in January and February. 



POLYOCHA ACHROSTA, U. Sji. 



aXpwcTTo?, colourless. 



$ 27 iH.ni' Head, thorax, palpi, antennae, abdomen, and 

 legs ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa nearly 

 straight, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; ochreous- 

 whitish ; a pale fuscous subcostal line from base to apex, giving 

 off a short branch to costa before apex; cilia ochreous-whitish. 

 Hindwings with termen rounded ; grey-whitish ; cilia whitish. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



Q., Dalby ; one specimen. 



Gen. 10. Anerastidia. 



Very different in appearance to the preceding genera, and 

 superficially resembling the Gdllerianae. 



ANERASTIDLA EBENOPASTA, H. Sji. 



i^evoTraa-Tos, sprinkled with ebony. 



(? 16T1LTH^, Head, grey ; palpi, whitish ; antennae, simple, 

 not thickened, minutely ciliated (^); gray-whitish, annulated with 

 blackish ; thorax blackish ; patagiae pale-gray ; abdomen gray ; 

 legs white, irrorated with blackish ; forewings elongate-oval ; 

 costa rather strongly arched ; apex rounded ; termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; gray-whitish sparsely irrorated with black- 

 ish ; two outwardly-curved interrupted transversed blackish lines, 

 first from ^ costa to beyond ^ dorsum, second from f costa to 



