162 AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA (PYRALIDiE). 



set^ments before jiiiddle ; broad jiale-fuscous fasciae edged 

 by dark-fuscous scales on second and third segments at ^, 

 on fourth and fifth segments at |. and on sixth segment 

 at § ; pale-fuscous sub-terminal bars and dark-fuscous 

 terminal dots on all segments ; ciHa -vhite, on apices of 

 segments pale-fuscous, Hindwings a» fore wings but ante- 

 median bars nearer to )mse, and ^ith a faintly- marked 

 series of median bars. 



Near O. xanfhodcs though very different in coloration. 



Type in Coll.. Turner. 



N.A. Port Darwin, in Ai)ril ; one specimen received 

 from Mr. K. P. Dodd. 



ADDENDUM. 



Sub. Fam. (^RAMBIX.^!:. 

 Gen. ORESSAULA nov. 



.*pe<r<ra. Aos , dwelling in the mountains. 



Frons flat, haiiy. 'I'ongue well-developed. Palpi 

 moderately long, porrect, rlensely clothed with very long 

 hairs beneath; teiininal joint concealed in hairs. Maxillary 

 palpi well-developed, ending in a dense tuft of very long 

 hairs. Antenna?, in ^ with paired tufts of long cilia. 

 Thorax hairy, especially on under- surface. Legs with outer 

 spurs § of inner. Forewings with 2 from ;^. 3 from shortly 

 before angle, 4 from angle, o from shortly above angle, 

 7 and 8 stalked. Hind wings A\'ith median vein densely 

 pectinated ; discocellulars very strongly oblique, dorsal 

 cd^J-e of cell more than twice costal : 4 »nd 5 connate or 

 short-stalked, 6 from j miction of uj^per and middle third 

 of discocellulars well- separated from 7 ; 7 anastomosing 

 at a point or very shortly Avith 8. 



A primitive t^^pe with the neuration and pectination 

 of hindwing of Talis, but in v^ing-shape and general appear- 

 ance more suggestive of one of the lower Pt/ranstince. The 

 general haii'iness is rather characteristic of jnountain forms. 



