154 AUSTRALIAN LtePIDOPTERA (PYRALID^). 



middle, third from i costa to before tornus ; an indistinct 

 interrupted terminal line ; cilia whitish. Hindwings sre}^- 

 whitish ; cilia whitish. 



Type in Coll., Turner. 



Q. Adavale, in April ; two specimens. 



CONOPRORA BALIOCROSSA, U. Sp. 



f3<i.Xi.)Kf)')tr<r()<;, witli Spotted border. 



(J 17-20 mm. Head and thorax fuscous. Palpi 2i ; 

 fuscous ; beneath with basal half white. Antennae fuscous ; 

 cihations in ^ |. Abdomen fuscous ; apices of segments 

 whitish. Legs fuscous ; })osterior pair whitish ; tarsi 

 annulated with whitish. l^^orewings elongate-triangular, 

 costa nearly straight, aj^ex rounded, termen bowed, obUque ; 

 fuscous mixed with whitish, appearing rather dark-grey ; 

 darker along costa ; markings dark-fuscous ; a line from 

 r, costa to ^, dorsum outwardly curved ; a median line 

 from mid-costa to § dorsum, interrupted beneath costa 

 by a slender reniform whitish annulus with dark-fuscous 

 centre ; an irregularly dentate line from | costa to tornus ; 

 a fine terminal line : cilia pale-fuscous with a basal series 

 of whitish dots. Hindwings fuscous ; cilia as forewings. 



Larger than the other species and with the maxillary 

 palpi less dilated, but agreeing in the shape of the frontal 

 process. 



Type in Coll., Turner. 



.Q. Stradbroke Island, in November ; three specimens. 



Gen. MP:TA8rA. 



Metasia, Gn., Delt. and Pyr., p. 251., Hmps., P.Z.S., 1899, 



p. 236. 



Frons with a rounded or very shortly conical pro- 

 jection. 



To this genus I refer achoealis, Wlk., in spite of its 

 somewhat larger size and brighter colouring as compared 

 with the other species. 



Metasia thelcteria, n. sp. 

 OeXKT-qptos, charming. 



^ 13 mm. Head and thorax yellow. Palpi 2 : 3^ellow, 

 base beneath white. Antennae whitish ; ciliations in ^ 



