il50 AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA (PYRALID^). 



BB. Frons with a very long, flattened, acute 



prominence Panopsia, n.y. 



BBB. Frons with a moderately long, cone-shaped, 



blunt prominence . . . . Metallarcha, Meyr. 



iBBBB. Frons with a moderately long, abruptly 

 truncate prominence excavated at apex . . 



Criophthona, Meyr. 



AA. Maxillary palpi dilated at apex. Frons 

 with a moderately long, cone-shaped, blunt 

 prominence . . . , . Conoprora, a.g. 



To the genus Panopsia besides the type calliaspis, 

 Meyr., are to be referred tetraplaca, Meyr., pseh'ota, MejT., 

 . and (joudii, Low. 



gex. metallarcha. 



Metallarcha, Meyr., Tr., E.S., 1884, p. 331. 



. Frons with a moderately long, cone-shaped, blunt 

 prominence. Tongue well- developed. Palpi rather long, 

 porrect. long-haired beneath ; terminal joint concealed. 

 Maxillary palpi not dilated at apex. Antenna? of ^ simple, 

 shortly ciliated. Tibite with outer spurs shorter than 

 inner. Xeuration normal. 



Type M. diplochrysa, Meyr., To this genus I refer 

 also cpichri/sa, Meyr., enrychrysa. Meyr., crocanthes, Low., 

 and Iciicodetis. Low. 



Metallarcha ph^nolis, n. sp. 

 ^afi'oAf?. light- Ininging. 



^ 9 l")-lb mm. Head yellow. Palpi fuscous ; 



' beneath whitish-ochreous. Antennae pale-fuscous ; ciliations 

 in ^ 1. Thorax yellow ; shoulders narrowly leaden- 

 fuscous. Abdomen pale-ochreous. Legs pale-ochreous ; 

 anterior pair leaden-fuscous. Forewings elongate-triangular, 

 costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen strongly 

 oblique, in ^ nearly straight, in 9 bowed ; whitish 

 irrorated with leaden-fuscous, more denseh^ so on costa ; 

 markings bright orange ; a broad streak along dorsum 

 from base to ^, abruptly truncate ; a fascia from dorsum 

 just before middle nearly to but not reaching mid-costa ; 



. a second fascia from costa before apex almost to tornus. 



