64 Mr. E. Meyrick 07i the classification 



2. Catamola thyridalis, Walk. 



Bertida thyrisalis (!), Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., 167. 



^ , J , 23 — 25 mm. Head and thorax pale whitish ochreous, 

 mixed with reddish brown. Palpi dark fuscous. Antennae 

 ochreous whitish. Abdomen whitish ochreous, irrorated with 

 fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, beneath white irrorated with brownish 

 red, posterior tibiae and apex of joints white. Fore wings tri- 

 angular, moderate, costa slightly arched towards apex, apex 

 rounded, hind margin somewhat oblique, slightly sinuate, rounded 

 beneath ; whitish ochreous, densely irrorated and suffused with 

 brownish red ; basal third suffused with dark fuscous, except on 

 base of inner margin, bounded by a slightly angulated line from 

 two-fifths of costa to middle of inner margin ; a tuft of raised 

 scales on fold at one-fourth ; a whitish dark-margined subdentate 

 hne at two-thirds, irregularly curved outwards in middle ; space 

 between first and second lines whitish, slightly u-rorated with red, 

 and posteriorly suffused with light ochreous ; a small blackish 

 spot on costa before middle, and another on anterior margin of 

 second line ; hind margin narrowly pale ; a blackish hind marginal 

 line, interrupted by whitish dots ; cilia pale whitish oclireous, with 

 cloudy median and apical reddish lines, and obscurely barred with 

 dark fuscous. Hind wings grey or whitish grey, generally with a 

 broad diffused dark hind marginal band, costa suffused with 

 whitish ; an obscure darker discal spot ; ciha whitish, with a dark 

 grey line. 



I have reformed Walker's inadmissibly barbarous 

 name. 



Sydney, New South Wales. Several specimens taken 

 by Mr. G, H. Eaynor in October. Walker states that 

 he has also received it from Ceylon. 



3. Catamola xanthomelalis, Walk. 



Acrobasis xanthomelalis, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. (Cr.), 32. 



(3^ , $ , 30 — 33 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax blackish ; 

 abdomen pale yellowish, more or less suffused with dark grey. 

 Fore wings triangular, moderate, costa slightly arched, apex 

 obtuse, hind margin somewhat obliquely rounded ; blackish, mark- 

 ings obsolete ; cilia blackish. Hind wings pale whitish ochreous- 

 yellow ; a moderate evenly broad rather dark fuscous-grey hind 

 marginal band, continued to inner angle ; cilia dark grey. 



I have described Walker's types, not having met with 

 the species elsewhere. It is very easily recognised. I 



