288 Mr. E. Meyrick on the classification 



arched, apex rounded-rectangtilar, hind margin not oblique, sinuate 

 below apex, rounded beneath ; snow-white, sometimes wholly 

 suffused with light ochreous ; median space generally ochreous- 

 brown, except on costa ; a faint ochreous-brown line near base ; a 

 double slightly-ciirved fuscous line from one-third of costa to one- 

 third of inner margin ; a double fuscous line from two-thirds of 

 costa to three-fourths of inner margin, strongly curved outwards, 

 somewhat sinuate inwards towards inner margin ; a transversely 

 elongate white discal spot ; beneath this in one specimen a large 

 oval black spot ; sometimes a fuscous suffusion towards costa 

 before apex, and anal angle ; a blackish inwardly sinuate line near 

 hind margin, extending from costa to middle, leaving a narrow 

 yellow-ochreous hind marginal streak ; cilia white, with a dark 

 fuscous line. Hind wings white, partly mixed and sometimes 

 almost wholly suffused with ochreous ; a double slightly curved 

 dark fuscous line at one-third, and another at two-thirds, becoming 

 obsolete towards costa ; a very slender brownish ochreous hind 

 marginal streak, anteriorly obscurely edged with dark fuscous ; 

 cilia as in fore wings. 



Certainly very variable, perhaps exceeding the limits 

 of this description. The neuration of the fore wings is 

 that of the Pyralididce ; the character of the hind mar- 

 ginal streak clearly indicates affinity with the Hydro- 

 campid genera. 



Eosewood, Queensland, in September; Sydney, New 

 South Wales, in November ; three specimens in thick 

 bush. 



MUSOTIMA, n. g. 

 Forehead flat, vertical. Ocelli present. Tongue well developed. 

 Antenna} moderate, in male stoiit, dentate, evenly ciliated (^), back 

 rough-scaled. Labial palpi moderately long, porrected or ascend- 

 ing, '2nd joint with evenly projecting scales beneath, terminal joint 

 moderately exposed, ascending, slender, with rough scales beneath 

 towards apex. Maxillary palpi moderate, dilated with rough 

 scales, truncate. Posterior tibiae with spurs almost equal. Thorax 

 in male beneath with a curved pencil of hairs on each side behind 

 anterior legs, projecting laterally. Abdomen moderate, in male 

 with moderate anal tuft ; uncus forming a long slender downwards- 

 bent hook, which meets at apex a similar less curved process fi-om 

 beneath its base ; from between these at base rises a rather thicker 

 straight blunt process, variable in length (short in aduncalis, in 

 nitidaUs nearly reaching apex of others) ; scaphium distinct, some- 

 times with a horny double spine; valves broad, exserted. Fore 



