142 AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA (PYRALID^). 



large dark-fuscous median dorsal spots. Legs fuscous ; 

 tarsi annulated with ochreous- whitish. Fore wings elongate- 

 triangular, costa straight for |, then gently arched, apex 

 rounded, terinen slightly bowed, oblique ; whitish-grey^ 

 with some dark-fuscous markings and irroration ; an 

 obliquely transverse bar from dorsum near base, not reaching 

 costa ; a median subcostal dot ; a large apical blotch 

 produced along termen ending above tornus in a small 

 terminal enlargement ; a terminal series of dark-fuscous- 

 spots ; cilia whitish-grey. Hindwings fuscous ; paler 

 towards base and suffused with ])ale-reddish towards 

 dorsum ; a short pale line parallel to termen beneath middle ;. 

 cilia whitish with a pale-fuscous sub-basal line. 



Type in Coll., Turner. 



X.A. Port Darwin, in December ; one specimen received 

 from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



JSub-Fam. PVKAUSTLW^l 

 Gen. AUCHMOPHOBA, nov. 



arxywr;<^o^o?, fearing drought. 



Frons flat. Tongue obsolete. Palpi rather long ; 

 second joint porrect, with a dense tuft of long hairs beneath : 

 terminal joint erect, very slender, acute. Maxillary palpi 

 dilated. Antennae of $ simple, minutely ciliated. Legs 

 long and slender ; inner spurs longer than outer. Fore- 

 wings with 5 absent (coincident with 4), 10 separate. 

 Hindwings with 4 and o stalked. 7 anastomosing with 8. 



Perhaps nearest Namnomorpha , Turn., but there are 

 important differences both in the palpi and neuration. 



AuCHMOPHOBA TYNNUTA, U. Sp, 



Tri')'oi'T09, SO little. 



^ 10-11 mm. Head fuscous mixed with whitish ; 

 face whitish. Palpi whitish : tuft on second joint partly 

 fuscous. Antennae whitish annulated with fuscous : 

 ciliations in $ |. Thorax fuscous mixed with whitish. 

 Abdomen fuscous annulated with whitish. Legs fuscous ; 

 posterior pair, except tarsi, whitish. Fore wings elongate- 

 triangular, costa rather strongly arched, apex rounded, 

 termen excavated in middle ;■ fuscous mixed with whitish ; 

 a transverse line at J, dentate beneath costa ; four pairs 

 of short white streaks from cost^a, first strongly outwardly 



