of Australian Pyralidina. 73 



15. Ocrasa albidalis, Walk. 



Ocrasa albidalis, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., Suppl., 1212. 



(3^ , 5 , 21 — 29 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, 

 and legs pale whitish ochreous; palpi and legs irrorated with 

 fuscous-carmine ; anterior coxae in male purple-black, brush of 

 hairs yellow ochreous. Fore wings triangular, moderate, costa 

 somewhat arched before apex, apex romaded, hind margin some- 

 what obHque, slightly rounded ; ochreous-whitish or pale whitish 

 •ochreous, faintly irrorated with grey, sometimes with a few light 

 fuscous-carmine scales ; costal edge in male ochreous-yellow, in 

 female yellowish tinged; a faint darker discal dot; a faint light 

 fuscous-carmine or gi-ey line from two-thirds of costa to four-fifths 

 of inner margin, almost straight ; ciUa dull fuscous-carmine, with 

 rows of ochreous-whitish dots, basal third suffused with pale 

 whitish ochreous. Hind wings ochreous-whitish, faintly irrorated 

 with greyish or pale carmine; ciUa ochi-eous-whitish, posterior 

 half suffused with pale carmine. 



Superficially recalling some species of Asopia. 



Peak Downs, Queensland ; Sydney, New South Wales ; 

 Mount Lofty range, South Australia. Four specimens 

 in March. 



Asopia, Tr. 



16. Asopia farinalis, L. 



Pyralis fraterna, Butl. 



Does not appear to differ at all from European speci- 

 mens ; now a cosmopolitan species. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Adelaide, South Australia ; 



Christchurch, New Zealand ; in October, and from 



. February to April, in houses. Introduced from Europe. 



Pyralis fraterna, Butl., from Japan, is simply the 

 ordinary form of this species. 



(Edematophaga, n. g. 

 Clypeus in male with a rounded projection of scales, in female 

 smooth. OceUi present. Tongue well developed. Antennae in 

 male shortly dentate, strongly ciliated with tufts of hairs (3). 

 Labial palpi in male moderate, obliquely ascending, second joint 

 smooth, terminal joint moderate, with rather long rough erect hairs 

 above ; in female longer, ascending, second joint erect, terminal 

 joint rather short, loosely scaled. Maxillary palpi short, filiform. 



