316 Mr. E. Meyrick 07i the classification 



Maxillary palpi moderate, filiform, loosely scaled towards apex. 

 Posterior tibiae with outer middle-spur less than one-third of 

 inner, outer end-spur less than one-half. Thorax in male with a 

 tuft of very long scales from extremity of patagia. Abdomen 

 elongate, in male with dense rather long anal tuft ; valves retracted. 

 Fore wings with vein 11 long, oblique. Hind wings somewhat 

 broader than fore wings ; 3, 4, 5 closely aj)proximated at base, 

 7 out of 6 near origin, anastomosing with 8 to one-thu'd. 



Allied to Pachyzancla, but differing from it and 

 Omiodes by the triangularly dilated terminal joint of the 

 labial palpi ; it has the elongate tuft of the patagia 

 much as in Omiodes. 



Pelecyntis abstitaUs, Walk. 



Pyrausta ahstitalis (ahsistalis) , Walk., 311 ; Asopia 

 lydialis, ib., 374 ; Botys ustalis, Ld., pi. x., 14. 



Duaringa and Brisbane, Queensland, in September ; 

 three specimens. Also from Amboina, Ceylon, and 

 India. 



Hellula, Gn. 



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

 Antennae two-thirds of fore wings, in male stout, evenly ciliated 

 {^). Labial palpi moderate, obliquely ascending, 2nd and terminal 

 joints triangularly dilated towards apex of each with projecting 

 scales. Maxillary palpi moderately long, very slender, filiform. 

 Posterior tibise with outer spurs nearly as long as inner. Abdomen 

 moderate, in male with short truncate anal tuft ; valves retracted. 

 Fore wings with vein 11 moderate, tolerably obHque. Hind wings 

 one-fourth broader than fore wings ; 4 and 5 from a point, 7 from 

 a point with 6, anastomosing with 8 to one-third. Lower median 

 vein of hiud wings with long loose pectination towards base. 



Lederer makes the surprising error of stating that 

 the maxillary palpi are absent, directly contradicting 

 Herrich-Schaffer, who had seen them ; they are as well 

 developed as in any genus, but unusually slender. 

 Moreover, he does not notice the pectination of the lower 

 median. The genus is of uncertain affinity. 



Hellula undalis, F. 



Phalcena undalis, F., E. S., 362; Gn., 416; Hellula 

 hydralis, Gn., 416; Scopula criasusalis, Walk., 

 1016 ; Scoparia optatusalis, ib., 1018 ; Pyralis 

 suhtrigonalis, ib., Suppl., 1244. 



