178 AUSTRALIAN THYRIDIDAE AND PYRALIDAE 



CTIRICTA OPPOSITALIS. 



Curicta oppositalis, Wlk., Brit. Mus. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1130. 



N.Q., Cairns ; one specimen taken by Mr. C. J. Wild 



(Queensland Museum). 



Also from New Guinea. 



Gen. 2 Drymiarcha. 



Dri/iiivnrlia, Meyr., Tr. E.S. 1885, p. 441. Hmps., P.Z.S. 



1897, p. 645. 



drymiarcha exanthes. 



Dryiiii((>-ch(t e.iantlies, Meyr., Tr. E.S. 1885, p. 441, 



N.S.W., Sydney; V., Gisborne, in September (Lyell). 



Gen. 3 Anemosa. 



Anemu.sa, Wlk., Brit. Mus. Cat. xix, p. 849. Meyr., 



Tr. E.S, 1887, p. 193. Hmps., P.Z.S. 1897, p- 682. 



anemosa isadalis. 



Anemosa isadafas jalis, Wlk., Brit. Mus. Cat. xix, p. 849. 



Meyr., Tr. E.S. 1887, p. 194. 



N.Q., Townsville ; Q., Brisbane ; N.S.W., Newcastle, 



Sydney. 



Sub Fam. PYRALINAE. 



A sub-family of moderate size which is proportionately 



well represented in Australia. I have included here the Epipm- 



chianae, PijValinae, and Endotrichinae of Sir Geo. Hampson. 



The distinctions between these groups, though convenient for 



purposes of tabulation, are, I think, of not more than generic 



value. In the difficult Epipaachia group I have departed from 



Hampson's classification. His tabulation contains characters 



which, as pointed out by Mr. Meyrick (Tr. E.S. 1887, p. 187), 



vary within the limits of the same species, and the distinctions 



given by him between the genera Macnlla, Stericta, and Uythaija, 



are not easy to apply in practice. Here, as in some other groups, 



a classification founded on the sexual characters will, I think, 



prove more natural and more convenient. 



a. Forewings without raised scales. 



B. Hindwings with vein 7 anastomosing 



with 8 [Endotrichiuae, Hampson) 



c. Palpi ascending. 



D. Forewings with 11 anastomosing 



with 12 ... ... ... 1. Persicopterti. 



DD. Forewings with 11 free. 



E. Forewings with 4 and 5 stalked or 



closely approximated for some 



distance towards base. 



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