BY A. FEFFERIS TURNER, M.D., F.E.S. 185 



8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 free. Hindwings with 4 and 5 separate, 

 not apjproximated, 7 anastomosing shortly with 8. 

 Closely allied to Scenedra, Meyr. 



SCENIDIOPIS CHIONOZYGA. 



Persicoptera chionozyaa, Low., Tr. R.S.S.A. 1903, p. 60. 



(J 16 DUil- Head brown. Palpi dark fuscous, apical 

 joint brown. Antennae ochreous-whitish ; in ^ with long 

 ciliations (3). Thorax and abdomen whitish-ochreous mixed 

 with fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, irrorated and tarsi annulated 

 with whitish-ochreous. Forewings triangular, costa straight, 

 slightly arched near apex, app.x rounded, termen bowed, oblique ; 

 fuscous ; two fine, white, slightly outwardly curved lines, first 

 from ^ costa to ^ dorsum, second from f costa to f dorsum ; an 

 obscure ferrugineous suffusion near base, and two others before 

 apex and tornus ; terminal area paler ; an interrupted dark- 

 fuscous terminal line ; cilia fuscous with a grey-whitish median 



line. Hindwings with termen rounded ; dark-grey ; a fine 

 whitish line beyond middle ; terminal line and cilia as forewings. 



N.Q., Geraldton, in November; one specimen. Mackay ? 

 (Lower). 



Gen. 5. Gauna. 



Gauna, Wlk., Brit. Mus. Cat. xxxiv., p. 1252. Hmps.^ 

 Tr. E.S. 1896, p. 486. 



Oedematopharfa, Meyr., Tr. .E.S. 1884, p. 73. 



GAUNA AEGALTS. 



P}/mlis aeyusalis, Wlk., Brit. Mas. Cat. xix, p. 912. 

 Gauna subferralis, Wlk., Brit. Mus. Cat. xxxiv., p. 1253. 

 Oedematophofia ae;/alis, Meyr., Tr. E.S. 1884, p. 74. 

 Q., Brisbane ; V., Melbourne. 



Gen. 6. CuRENA. 



Curena, Wlk., Brit. Mus. Gat. xxxiv., p. 1253. Hmps.,^ 

 Tr. E.S. 1896, p. 616. 



In two specimens I have examined vein 7 of hindwings 

 anastomoses shortly with 8. Sir Geo. Hampson describes them 

 as separate. Possibly this point may be variable, but if so 

 Hampson's subfamilies Endotrichinae and Pi/ralinae can hardly 

 be kept separate. 



CURENA EXTERNALIS. 



Curena e.vternalis, Wlk., Brit. Mus. Cat. xxxiv., p. 1253. 

 Scenedm ? externalis, Meyr., Tr. E.S. 1884, p. 77. 

 Oedematophora cacaalis, Luc, P.L.S.N.S.W. 1891, p. 806. 

 Q., Brisbane ; N.S.W., Sydney. 



