of Australian Pyralidina. 65 



have not been able to examine properly the generic 

 characters, but it is probably correctly referred here ; the 

 antennal process is quite as in C.fimerea. 



Sydney, New South Wales. Three specimens in the 

 British Museum. 



4. Catamola funerea, Walk. 

 Acrobasis funerea, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. (Cr.), 31. 



(? , 5 , 21 — 23 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax black ; 

 collar whitish. Abdomen dark fuscous, with ochreous whitish 

 rings towards base. Legs black, apex of tarsal joints white. 

 Fore wings elongate-triangular, costa moderately arched towards 

 apex, apex rounded, hind margin rounded, rather oblique ; blackish, 

 irrorated with grey ; markings almost obsolete, deeper black ; a 

 tuft of scales on fold at one-fourth ; an irregular line at one-fourth, 

 a discal spot, and a dentate outwards-curved line at two-thirds, 

 sharply indented below middle ; a black hind marginal hne, in- 

 ten-upted by white dots ; cilia fuscous-grey, with a darker hne near 

 base, Hind wings semitransparent, whitish, towards costa and 

 inner angle somewhat suffused with fuscous ; veins fuscous ; hind 

 margin narrowly suffused with rather dark fuscous ; ciha whitish, 

 with a dark fuscous cloudy line near base. 



The black colour is protective. The species occurs at 

 rest on the stems of fibrous-barked Eucalypti, which are 

 almost invariably blackened by bush fires. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Ardrossan, S. Australia. 

 Not uncommon in October, February, and March. 



Cacozelia, Grote. 



The following species agrees entirely with the cha- 

 racters of this genus as given by Grote, except that veins 

 4 and 5 are separate in both wings. In view of the 

 variability of this character within specific limits in the 

 preceding genus, no stress can be laid on this. The long 

 pencil of hairs which terminates the maxillary palpi of 

 the male is strongly developed, and is the peculiar 

 characteristic of the genus, of which one North American 

 species is known. 



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