302 Mr. E. Meyrick on the classification 



Duaringa, Queensland ; Sydney, New South Wales ; 

 three specimens in March. Herr Snellen returned me 

 the species as unknown to him. 



DiASEMIA, Gn. 



Forehead somewhat roiinded, rather obUqiie. OcelH present. 

 Tongue well developed. Antennae two-thh-ds of fore wings, in 

 male filiform, ciliated with tufts of cilia (Ij). Labial palpi rather 

 long, porrected, second joint with long obliquely projecting scales 

 beneath, terminal joint rather drooping, loosely scaled. Maxillary 

 palpi moderate, towards apex loosely dilated with scales. Posterior 

 tibitB with spurs almost equal. Abdomen elongate, in male with 

 slender anal tuft ; valves retracted. Fore wings with vein 11 

 moderate, tolerably oblique. Hind wings one-fourth broader than 

 fore wings ; 3, 4, 5 tolerably remote ; 7 out of 6 rather near origin, 

 anastomosing with 8 to one-fourth, shortly. 



I have not examined D. ramhurialis, of which my 

 specimens are not to hand. D. grammalis is quite 

 identical in structure with the European D. litterata. 



Diasemia ramhurialis, Dup. 



Diasejnia ramhurialis, Dup.; Gn., 334; Z., Caff., 30; 

 Isopteryx melaleucalis, Walk., 402 ; Diasemia 

 reconditalis, ib., SuppL, 1325; D. leucophcealis, ib., 

 SuppL, 1326. 



I have compared two named European types in 

 Zeller's collection with those of Walker and my own. 



Duaringa, Queensland ; also from Southern Europe 

 and Ceylon. 



Diasemia grammalis, Dbld. 



Diasemia grammalis, Dbld., Dieff. N. Z., ii,, 287 ; D. 

 spilonotalis, SnelL, Midd. Sum., 73. 



Herr Snellen kindly sent me a type of his species, 

 which appears identical with that of Doubleday ; only 

 the white line of the hind wings forms almost a right 

 angle inwards above middle, whilst in New Zealand it is 

 never more than very obtusely bent. Doubleday's de- 

 scriptions of New Zealand species are clear and good. 



Hamilton, Masterton, and Castle Hill, New Zealand ; 

 in January and March, common amongst rough herbage 

 in dry places, but rather local. Also occurs in Java, 



