140 AUSTRALIAN THYRIDIDAE AND PYRALIDAE 



^ $. 20-21 v\]]i. Head fuscous mixed with reddish ; in 2 

 whitish. Palpi fuscous mixed with whitish ; in <? with second 

 joint greatly dilated, terminal joint short, naked, with two 

 minute terminal bristles. Antennae grey ; in g much swollen 

 beyond basal joint, thence slightly serrate, moderately ciliated (f). 

 Thorax grey mixed with whitish. Abdomen grey mixed with 

 whitish, apices of segments whitish ; in ^ first three segments 

 except a melian strip reddish above. Legs whitish mixed with 

 fuscous ; middle tibiae in ^ with a large tuft of reddish haira 

 on internal surface. Forewing elongate, posteriorly dilated, 

 costa moderately arched, apex rounded, termen slightly oblique, 

 slightly rounded ; whitish mixed with grey and fuscous ; a trans- 

 verse ridge of raised blackish scales in disc at ^ not reaching 

 either margin ; an obscure fuscous dentate line from ^ costa to 

 mid-dorsum ; a fuscous dot beneath costa at f , and a second in 

 disc obliquely below and beyond first ; a whitish line preceded 

 by a broken fuscous line from | costa, angulated first inwards, 

 then outwards, to before tornus ; a blackish terminal line inter- 

 rupted by whitish on veins ; cilia grey, two fine lines and apices 

 whitish, sometimes with a subapical pinkish line. Hindwings 

 with termen slightly rounded ; vein 3 diverging from angle ; 

 fuscous-whitish, thinly scaled ; cilia whitish with a fuscous line 

 near base. Under side of wings in ^ streaked with reddish 

 towards base. 



Allied to P. ceniprepiella, Hmps., from which the 5 may be 

 distinguished by the discal dots, and by the ridge of raised scales 

 not reaching dorsum. The sexual differences in the abdominal 

 colouring are curious. 



N.Q., Tovvnsville, in February; two specimens received 

 from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



PHYCITA ADIACRITIS, 11. Sp. 



a8ta/</3tT09, of ordinary or undistinguished appearance. 



3 $ 21-22 111^ in. • Head whitish-grey. Palpi whitish 

 irrorated with fuscous ; in J with second joint much dilated, 

 terminal joint minute. Antennae grey, in J much swollen 

 beyond basal joint, thence simple, very minutely ciliated {^). 

 Thorax grey. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, bases of segments 

 grey. Legs whitish mixed with fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 posteriorly dilated, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, 

 termen slightly oblique, slightly rounded ; whitish mixed with 

 grey and fuscous ; a whitish median line edged on both sides 

 with dark fuscous, sometimes obsolete ; a dark fuscous dot 



