of the Australian Pyralidina. 297 



Cirrhochrista brizonalis, Walk. 

 Margaronia brizonalis (brizoalis), Walk., 976 ; Cirrho- 

 christa cEtherialis, Ld., pi. xviii., 9. 

 Eastern Australia ; also from Amboina and China. 



Phacellura, Lnsd. Gld. 

 Forehead flat, oblique. Ocelli present. Tongiie well clevelopecl. 

 Antennae more than five-sixths of fore wings, in male slender, 

 filiform, evenly ciliated (i). Labial palpi moderate, somewhat 

 ascending, 2nd joint strongly dilated beneath with projecting 

 scales, rounded in front, terminal joint concealed. Maxillary palpi 

 moderate, anteriorly dilated with dense scales. Posterior tibiae in 

 male with outer spurs less than half inner. Abdomen elongate, in 

 male with large spherically expansible double anal tuft of long 

 flattened scales ; valves retracted. Fore wings with vein 11 long, 

 obhque. Hind wings rather broader than fore wings ; 3, 4, 5 very 

 closely approximated at base ; 7 out of 6 near origin, anastomosing 

 with 8 to one-third. 



Lederer correctly writes Phacellura for Phakellura, the 

 latter form being classically inadmissible. 



Phacelhira indica, Saund. 

 Eudioptis indica, Saund., ZooL, ix., 3070; Trans. Ent. 

 Soc. Lond., n. s., i., PI. XII., 5—7 ; Phakellura 

 gazorialis, Gn., 297 ; Eudioptis capensis, Z., 

 Caff., 52. 

 The larva feeds on melons in gardens and is some- 

 times very destructive. 



Port Darwin, North Australia ; Duaringa, Queensland ; 

 common. Also occurs in Samoa, Celebes, Java, For- 

 mosa, China, India, Ceylon, and South Africa. 



Glyphodes, Gn. 



Forehead flat, very oblique. Ocelli present. Tongue well 

 developed. Antennae four-fifths of fore wings, in male fihform, 

 evenly ciliated (^). Labial palpi moderate, ascending, 2nd joint 

 with long dense projecting scales beneath, truncate in front, ter- 

 minal joint concealed. Maxillary palpi moderate, terminating in 

 a fine pencil of hairs. Posterior tibiie in male (excelsalis) with 

 outer middle-spur one-sixth of inner, outer end-spur one-third; in 

 female {perspicillalis) with outer middle-spur two-thirds of inner, 



