76 Mr. E. Meyrick on the classification 



4 and 5 separate. Hind wings with 4 and 5 separate, 8 anasto- 

 mosing with 7. Thorax with patagia in male somewhat elongate, 

 pointed. 



Nearly allied to Endotricha, from which it is separated 

 by the well-marked furcation of vein 1 of the fore wings, 

 and the patagia of male not conspicuously elongate. 

 S. externalis is hardly likely to be truly referable here, 

 but in the absence of the male it may be placed pro- 

 visionally in this position ; it may be an E?idotricha. 



1 a. With a reddish patch on costa before apes. . . 20. externalis. 

 1 b. Without reddish patch 19. decoratalis. 



19. Scenedra decoratalis, Walk. 



Pyralis decoratalis, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., Suppl, 

 1242 ; P. contentalis, ibid, 1242. 



,y , 5 , 14 — 17 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen 

 whitish ochreous. Legs dark fascous, apex of joints whitish 

 ochreous. Fore wings triangular, moderate, costa deeply sinuate 

 in middle, abruptly arched towards apex, apex romided, hind mar- 

 gin somewhat oblique, bent in middle ; whitish ochreous, almost 

 whitish in disc beyond first line, somewhat irrorated with brownish 

 ochreous ; a double ochreous-grey or blackish line from one-third of 

 costa to one-third of imier margin, strongly curved oiitwards ; a 

 minute blackish discal dot ; middle third of costa faintly dotted 

 with white ; a double ochreous-grey or blackish line from two-thirds 

 of costa to four-fifths of inner margin, very slightly angulated out- 

 wards above middle ; a suffused blackish grey patch towards 

 middle of hind margin ; sometimes the grey suffusion is more 

 general ; a blackish grey cloudy interrupted hind marginal line, 

 forming three small black spots towards apex ; cilia grey-whitish, 

 with two dark grey Unes. Hind wings with colour and lines as in 

 fore wings, but both lines irregularly dentate ; a grey aj)ical patch ; 

 a row of hind marginal blackish grey s^wts ; ciUa as in fore wings. 



Duaringa and Brisbane, Queensland ; Newcastle and 

 Sydney, New South Wales ; Melbourne, Victoria ; and 

 one of the British Museum specimens, more brightly 

 and richly marked than usual, is said to be from West 

 Australia. Common in September, March, and April. 



