of the Australian Pyralidina. 287 



from upper mavgiu of cell before angle, anastomosing with 8. 

 Abdomen in male with uncus strongly developed, complex. 



Distinguished from all neighbouring families by the 

 peculiar origin of vein 7 of the hind wings. The 

 absence of vein 10 of the fore wings is also a remarkable 

 point, but I hardly expect this to be essential. The 

 development of the genitalia of the male in these two 

 genera is more complex than in any others yet examined. 

 The two genera are immediately separated by the struc- 

 ture of the palpi and the difference in neuration. 



Teichophysetis, n. g. 



Forehead with a short conical scaly projection. Ocelli absent. 

 Tongue well developed. Antennae moderate, in male stout, fili- 

 form, clothed with moderate pubescence, with whorls of stiif scales 

 at joints, except towards base. Labial palpi moderate, tolerably 

 straight, porrected, clothed with very long fine dense hairs capable 

 of depression and expansion, terminal joint concealed. Maxillary 

 palpi long, terminating in a long expansible pencil of loose very 

 fine hairs. Posterior tibiae short, spurs all long and equal. Abdo- 

 men moderate, in male with moderate anal tuft ; uncus broad and 

 thick at base, forming a long slender downwards-bent hook, the 

 apex of which touches that of a straight slenderer process from 

 beneath thick basal part, so as to form a large triangular loop ; 

 claspers moderately long, very slender ; valves exserted, reduced 

 each to a pair of very fine acute processes projecting above and 

 below claspers, somewhat incurved. Fore wings with veins 7 and 

 8 stalked out of 9, 10 absent. Hind wings with veins 3 and 4 from 

 point of angle, 5 tolerably approximated at base, 6 from upper 

 angle, 7 from a bend in upper margin of cell shortly before angle, 

 anastomosing with 8 immediately from origin to middle. Lower 

 median of hind wings not pectinated. 



Perhaps the expansible tufts of the palpi may not 

 occur in the female, which is not known to me. A very 

 curious and interesting genus. 



Triclwphysetis neoj^hyla, n. s. 

 (?, 14 — 15 mm. Head, thorax, and maxillary palpi white. 

 Labial palpi externally ochreous-yellow, base and apex dark 

 fuscous, internally white. Antennae pale whitish ochreous. Abdo- 

 men white, somewhat mixed with pale ochreous, irroi'ated with 

 dark fuscous opposite lines of hind wings. Legs white, anterior 

 tibiae dark fuscous. Fore wings moderate, triangular, costa gently 



