136 AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA (PYRALID^E). 



Gen. AXIOCRITA, nov. 



a$iOKi)i.T<)^, worth choosing. 



Froii.s tiat. Tongue well-clevelopecl. Palpi slender,, 

 ascending, very long ; second joint very long, much exceed- 

 ing vertex ; terminal joint acute ; distal half of second joint 

 and terminal joint with long hairs on posterior surface ; 

 second joint in (J not dilated. Antennae in ^ moderately 

 ciliated, no antennal process. Al)domen with dorsal crests 

 on first two segments. Forewings Avith raised scale tufts ; 

 4 and 5 separate at origin. 7, 8, 9 stalked, 10 closely 

 approximated to them. Hindwingrf with 4 and 5 sej^arate, 

 7 anastomosing with 8. 



Allied to the preceding hut dilTering in the neuratioii 

 of the hindwings, and in the ^J palpi. 



AXIOCRITA CATAPHANES, U. SJ). 



K(iTii(fiii.ri}<;, conspicuous. 



(^ 25 mm. Head brown, on face mixed with whitish. 

 Palpi very long (6) ; brown ; extreme apex whitish. 

 Antennae grey; in ^ dentate, with moderate ciliations (1), 

 Thorax brown with three whitish spots ,one posterior, 

 and one on each patagium. Abdomen fuscous ; apex 

 brownish ; bases of second and third segments whitish. 

 Legs l)rown-fuscous : base of antejior coxa? white ; tarsi 

 with narrow whitish annulations. Forewings triangular, 

 costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen l^owed, oblique ; 

 fuscous ; base, a broad costal streak, a small area in disc, 

 and veins towards termen suffused with dull ochreous- 

 green ; six prominent scale-tufts ; first near base, white ; 

 the remainder fuscous, three sub-costal, and two on median 

 vein ; white dots on costa at >;, ;i, and i; a white dot just 

 posterior to basal tuft ; a faint, whitish, irregularly dentate 

 line from sub- apical dot to before tornus ; beyond this 

 terminal area is paler ; cilia whitish barred with pale- 

 fuscous. Hindwings bright orange-yellow ; a dark-fuscous 

 terminal band, broad at apex, narrowing to tornus ; cilia 

 fuscous. 



Type in Coll., Turner. 



N.Q. Kuranda, near Cairns, in September ; one specimen 

 received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



