146 AUSTRALIAN THYRIDIDAE AND PYRALIDAE 



dilated posteriorly, costa moderately arched, more strongly 

 towards apex, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; grey 

 mixed with whitish ; base of dorsum and raid-disc more or less 

 suffused with brownish ; in ^ a blackish suffusion on base of 

 dorsum ; a whitish line from ^ costa to | dorsum, edged pos- 

 teriorly by a variably developed fuscous line ; a discal dot 

 beneath f costa, and a second in mid-disc posterior to first, the 

 two sometimes connected ; a whitish line from '^ costa angled 

 acutely inwards, then outwards, and slightly dentate to before 

 tornus, this line is more or less distinctly edged with grey or 

 fuscous on both sides ; a series of dark-fuscous terminal dots ; 

 cilia whitish. Hindwings with termen rounded, slightly wavy ; 

 whitish towards termen suffused with pale grey ; cilia whitish. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



Q., Bundaberg ; Brisbane, in November, December, March, 

 and April. N.S.W., Sydney. Seven specimens, of which six 

 are females. 



NEPHOPTERYX METASARCA. 



Nephopteryx metasarca, Low., Tr. R.S.S.A. 1903, p. 56. 



^ 15-20 vxv\. Head whitish. Palpi grey; in J with 

 second joint dilated and upper half of inner surface excavated, 

 leaving a wide cup-like space between the palpi, terminal joint 

 moderate. Antennae ochreous-whitish ; in <? with basal joint 

 enlarged, and succeeded by a groove containing a large tuft of 

 scales, thence thickened, simple, minutely ciliated (|-). Thorax 

 grey. Abdomen ochreous-whitish, somewhat pinkish-tinged. 

 Legs whitish, irrorated and annulated with dark-fuscous. 

 Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa strongly arched 

 before apex, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; grey 

 finely irrorated with whitish ; a small patch of blackish scales 

 on base of dorsum ; a suffused line more or less blackish from 

 ^ costa to ^ dorsum ; a blackish dot beneath costa beyond 

 middle, connected with a second dot below and posterior ; a short 

 whitish erect streak from dorsum at f , sometimes preceded by a 

 quadrate whitish blotch on mid-dorsum ; a fine dentate whitish 

 line from f costa bent first inwardly, then outwardly, not 

 reaching dorsum ; a series of dark-fuscous terminal dots; cilia 

 grey, apices and a fine median line whitish. Hindwings with 

 termen somewhat sigmoid ; ochreous-whitish, pinkish-tinged ; 

 towards termen irrorated with dark-fuscous ; cilia pinkish- 

 whitish. 



