138 AUSTRALIAN THYRIDIDAE AND PYRILIDAK 



N.Q., Townsville, in September. One J received from 

 Mr. F. P. Dodd. Also from Ceylon and India. 



PHYCITA CHRYSERYTHRA. 



NepJtopteri/x chryserythra, Low., P.L.S.N.S.W., 1902, p. 

 662. 



N.Q., Townsville (Dodd). 



ft PHYCITA PYRRHOPTERA. 



Euzophera (?) pyrrJitiptera, Low., Tr. R.S.S.A., 1896, p. 

 159. 



This, which appears from the description to be a very 

 distinct species, is unknown to me. I refer it here conjecturally. 



Q., Brisbane (?) (Lower). 



PHYCITA CORETHROPUS, H. sp. 



KoprjOpo7rov<s, brush-footed. 



^ 16-18 W- Head, thorax and palpi dark purple- 

 fuscous. Antennae whitish, barred above with blackish, basal 

 joint purple-fuscous ; in <? with a strong backward-projecting 

 tooth on basal joint, thence simple, laterally compressed, and 

 very minutely ciliated. Abdomen pale-grey, apices of segment 

 and tuft whitish-ochreous. Legs fuscous irrorated and annulated 

 with whitish ; posterior femora and base of tibiae whitish ; 

 posterior tibiae in ^ with a pencil-like tuft of whitish hairs 

 from upper surface near base, and a tuft of hairs on upper 

 surface near apex. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa nearly 

 straight, apex round-pointed, termen somewhat oblique, scarcely 

 rounded ; fuscous somewhat purplish-tinged, and irrorated with 

 whitish ; a transverse whitish suffusion near base ; a triangular 

 whitish suffusion on costa beyond middle ; a transverse ridge of 

 raised scales at ^, dark with brassy lustre ; a finely dentate dark 

 fuscous subterminal line ; a dark- fuscous oblique mark at apex ; 

 a series of dark-fuscous terminal dots ; cilia grey with whitish 

 irroration. Hindwings with termen rounded ; vein 3 approxi- 

 mated to 4 -f- 5 at base for a short distance ; translucent and 

 thinly scaled ; grey-whitish ; cilia whitish. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q., Townsville, in June and July; two specimens received 

 from Mr. F. P. Dodd, bred from Acacia anlacocarpa. 



PHYCITA HEMICALLISTA. 



Phycita hemicallista, Low., P.L.S.N.S.W. 1901, p. 668. 



$ . 20-22 iipiV- Head and thorax whitish-ochreous. Palpi 

 fuscous, outer surface of second joint suffused with whitish 

 towards base. Maxillary palpi white. Antennae ochreous- 



