f-132 AUSTRALIAN LEPIBOPTERA (PYRALID^). 



Talis tolyargyra, n. sp. 



7T(Avaftyvpo<;, lich ill silver. 



^ 24-28 mm. Head pale brownish-ochreous. Palpi 

 very long (8) ; pale-fuscous. Antennae grey ; in ^ serrate 

 with short ciliations (J).. Thorax brownish-ochreous, with 

 a white posterior spot. Abdomen pale-ochreous. Legs 

 pale-fuscous ; ]^osteripr pair whitish-ochreous. Forewings 

 jnoderately elongate, costa gently arched, apex round- 

 pointed, termen sinuate, shghtly oblique ; brownish- 

 ochreous ; markings silvery-white ; a whitish costal streak 

 more or less defined : a broad median streak from base 

 to end of cell edged with a few fuscous scales ; a fine streak 

 along vein 2 ; five short broad interneural streaks beyond 

 cell ; veins beyond cell more or less outlined with fuscous ; 

 a subterminal line from beneath apex nearly to tornus, 

 interrupted by fuscous lines on veins ; ciha whitish wilh 

 silvery lustre, a fine fuscous line at J. Hindwings with 

 termen slightly sinuate; pale-ochreous; cilia whitish- 

 ochreous. 



Type in Coll., Turner. 



N.8.W., Glen Innes. in .March ; four sj^ecimens. 



8ub-Fam. PYRALIX.E. 



GeX. MiCROCYTTARA, NOV. 



fx:Kt,oKvrTafjos, small-celled. 



Frons flat. Tongue well-develo];)ed . Palpi moderate, 

 porrect : second Joint long, slightl}^ ascending ; terminal 

 joint short, stout, obtuse, slightly bent downwards. Thorax 

 with a small posterior crest. Legs with outer sjDurs less 

 than I as long as inner spurs. Forewings elongate ; without 

 raised scales : discocellulars very strongly curved inwards, 

 2 from f, 3 from before angle. 4 and o approximated at 

 base from angle, (> from upper angle connate with 7, 8, 9, 

 which are stalked, 11) and 11 separate. Hindwings con- 

 siderably ])roader than forewings; cell extremely short {}), 

 discocellulars very strongly bowed inwards, strongly pro- 

 duced at both angles, 3, 4 and o stalked, 7 anastomosing 

 with 8 for some distance. 



This curious genus is not closely related to any known 

 to me, but I think it may be regarded as a development 

 of Bostra with peculiarly exaggerated neural characters. 



