196 AUSTRALIAN THYRIDIDAE AND PYRALIDAE 



JIACALLA ALEUROPA. 



Stericto aleuropa, Low., Tr. R.S.S.A. 1903, p. 59. 



$ 31 1)1.111. Head and thorax white finely irrorated with 

 fuscous. Palpi white ; terminal joint fuscous. Antennae grey. 

 Legs white, with dark-fuscous spots on upper surface. Fore- 

 wings triangular, costa scarcely arched, apex rounded, termen 

 slightly rounded slightly oblique ; white finely irrorated with 

 fuscous ; markings fuscous ; a dot on ^ costa from which can be 

 traced an indistinct antemedian line ; a dot on mid-costa, and 

 another beneath it on disc ; two closely approximated, nearly 

 straight, finely dentate lines from costa about f , the anterior not 

 quite reaching dorsum, the posterior thickened beneath and 

 ending on tornus ; an oval spot on termen above middle, and 

 two dots on termen between this and apex ; cilia white, bases 

 barred with fuscous. Hindwings with termen rounded ; grey ; 

 cilia grey with a whitish basal line. 



Somewhat resembles consicetla, but the postmedian line is 

 straight, and the cilia have no pinkish tinge. 



Mr. Lower's type is also a ^. 



N.Q., Mackay ? (Lower); Q., Brisbane, in October; one 

 specimen. 



MACALLA ZOPHERA «. S]>. 



^o</)€pos, dusky. 



3 25 111.111. Head, thorax, and antennal processes fuscous 

 mixed with ochreous-whi:ish and pale-reddish. Palpi dark- 

 fuscous-. Antennae dark-grey ; in <? slightly serrate with 

 short ciliations (^). Abdomen fuscous. Legs dark-fuscous 

 annulated with ochreous-whitish. Forewings triangular, costa 

 slightly arched, apex rounded, termen slightly rounded, slightly 

 oblique ; dark-fuscous mixed with ochreous-whitish and reddish 

 scales ; markings dark-fuscous ; an elongate spot on costa near 

 base ; a spot on costa at ^ from which proceeds an ill-defined 

 interrupted line to ^ dorsum ; a discal spot beneath costa 

 before middle ; a third costal spot beyond middle giving rise to 

 a sharply dentate line to f dorsum, d3eply indented above 

 dorsum ; an interrupted terminal line ; cilia whitish, tinged 

 with reddish and barred with fuscous. Hindwings with termen 

 rounded ; fuscous ; cilia as forewings but less distinctly marked. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



Q., Burpengary near Brisbane, in December, one specimen. 



