of Australian Pyralidina. 75 



CEnogenes, n. g. 



Clypeus smooth. Ocelli present. Tongiie well developed. An- 

 tennae in male ciliated with tufts of hairs (3). Labial palpi mode- 

 rate, porrected, second joint with dense long rough hairs beneath, 

 terminal joint moderate, ending in a long pencil of hairs. Maxil- 

 lary palpi short, filiform. Fore wings with 1 obsoletely furcate, 

 4 and 5 separate. Hind wings with veins 4 and 5 separate, 8 

 anastomosing with 7. 



Separated from its allies by the quite different palpi. 



18. CEnogenes fug alis, Feld. 

 Botysfugalis, Feld., Eeis. Nov., pi. cxxxiv., 37. 



(^ , 5 , 16 — 17 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish 

 ochreous, mixed with dark fiiscous ; anal tuft of male reddish- 

 tinged. Palpi ochreous-whitish, mixed with dark fiiscous on sides. 

 Antennae fuscous. Legs ochreous-whitish, somewhat mixed with 

 dark fuscous, middle tibiae carmine-tinged. Fore wings triangular, 

 costa sinuate in middle, arched before apex, apex rounded, hind 

 margin rather oblique, slightly rounded; ochreous, more or less 

 wholly suffused with carmine-reddish, and irrorated with blackish, 

 especially in male ; anterior two-thirds of costa with very small 

 whitish-yellowish spots ; an ochreous-whitish dot near base ; an 

 irregular ochreous-whitish line fi'om beyond one-third of costa to 

 irmer margin at two-fifths, twice dentate ; a small subquadrate 

 whitish ochreous spot following discal spot ; a dentate ochreous- 

 whitish line from costa at four-fifths to inner margin at four-fifths, 

 slightly sinuate inwards in middle ; cilia whitish, basal third fus- 

 cous-carmine, with ill-defined dark grey bars, obsolete towards 

 apex. Hind wings dark fuscous, with an irregular yellowish band 

 before middle ; in female base suffused with yellowish, and a small 

 yellowish patch towards inner angle suffused with dull light car- 

 mine ; cilia ochreous-whitish, basal third dark fuscous. 



Melbourne, Victoria; Mount Graham, South Australia. 

 Taken commonly in October amongst grass by Mr. G. H. 

 Raynor, but apparently limited in geographical range. 



SCENEDRA, n. g. 

 Clypeus smooth. Ocelh present. Tongiie well developed. An- 

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

 Labial palpi short, curved, ascending, loosely scaled, terminal joint 

 moderate. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Fore wings with 1 furcate. 



