176 AUSTRALIAN THYRIDIDAE AND PYRALIDAE 



v., Mount Macedon, near Gisborne, in April; two speci- 

 mens received from Mr. G. Lyell. 



TALIS EUCRASPEDA 11. Sp. 



euKpao-TTcSo?, with handsome border. 



J 5 18-22 iii_i]\. Head with short conical frontal process ; 

 whitish. Palpi long (6) ; fuscous, on upper surface whitish. 

 Antennae pale-grey ; in ^ shortly pectinated (Ij. Thorax pale- 

 fuscous. Abdomen pale-fuscous, basal segment, apices of seg- 

 ments, and tuft whitish. Legs whitish ; anterior pair fuscous^^ 

 anteriorly. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, 

 in 2 almost straight, apex acute, termen oblique, indented in. 

 middle; pale-fuscous; a broad white costal streak from base 

 nearly to apex, attenuated at extremities, costal edge sometimes, 

 fuscous-tinged ; beneath this a broad pale-fuscous streak from 

 base to apex containing some darker fuscous scales on each 

 margin ; a suffused white median streak from about f , dividing 

 posteriorly into 3 or 4 branches divided by fuscous irroration ;. 

 dorsal area very pale-fuscous inclining to whitish with darker- 

 fuscous irroration ; a well-defined white terminal streak from 

 apex to tornus, its lower half crossed by 4 or 5 narrow black 

 bars parallel to veins ; terminal edge narrowly pale-fuscous ;: 

 cilia white with a fuscous line before middle, bases showing 

 metallic reflections. Hindwings with termen rounded ; veins 4 

 and 5 stalked ; whitish ; cilia whitish. 



Allied to Talis encJiias, Meyr., from which it may be dis- 

 tinguished by the indented termen, well-defined terminal streak 

 and line, and metallic cilia. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



Q., Warwick, in March; four specimens. 



TALIS ORTHOTYPA, 71. Sp. 



opdoTvn-o<i, with straight markings. 



S 29 ^'\\'\\^ Head pale ochreous-brown ; frons with aa 

 obtuse conical protuberance. Palpi (broken). Antennae pale- 

 grey ; in ^ dentate, shortly ciliated (1^). Thorax pale ochreous- 

 brown. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs grey ; posterior pair 

 ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, somewhat dilated, costa 

 gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen slightly sinuate, 

 moderately oblique ; pale ochreous-brown ; a very narrow white 

 costal streak; basal fifth of costal edge fuscous; a sub-costal 

 white streak from i gradually broadening to costa immediately 

 before apex ; a white median streak from base to midtermen, 

 broad throughout, partly margined with fuscous on both sides^ 



