of the Australian Pyralidina. 317 



77. hydraUs, Gn., is certainly only a common variety 

 of the female. 



Duaringa and Toowoomba, Queensland ; Sydney, New 

 South Wales ; Melbourne, Victoria ; Mount Lofty 

 range, Port Lincoln, and Quorn, South Australia ; very 

 common generally ; in September, October, November, 

 and May. Also occurs in South Europe, India, and 

 South Africa. 



Proternia, n. g. 

 Forehead with a bhint rounded projection. Ocelli present. 

 Tongue well developed. Antennse thi'ee -fourths of fore wings, in 

 male stout, evenly ciliated {^), rough-scaled above, sinuate and 

 bent at two-thirds, with a row of projecting scales in bend beneath, 

 beyond it rapidly attenuated. Labial palpi moderately long, 

 straight, porrected or somewhat ascending, 2nd joint with dense 

 projecting scales beneath, terminal joint almost concealed. Maxil- 

 lary palpi moderate, slender, filiform. Posterior tibiae with outer 

 spurs half inner. Abdomen moderate (in male broken). Fore 

 wings with vein 11 long, oblique. Hind wings as broad as fore 

 wings ; 3, 4, 5 tolerably approximated at base, 7 out of 6 near 

 origin, anastomosing with 8 to near middle. 



Allied to Semioceros, from which it differs by the 

 frontal projection, and by the antennal bend not being 

 tufted above but containing a row of scales beneath. 



Proternia philocapna, n. s. 



<y , $ , 21 — 26 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen 

 rather dark fuscous, mixed with whitish ochreous. Legs dark 

 fuscous, apex of joints and posterior pair whitish ochreous. For3 

 wings moderate, triangular, costa at first almost straight, on 

 posterior hah moderately arched, apex rectangular, hind margin 

 shghtly waved, obliquely rounded ; rather dark fuscous, somewhat 

 mixed with paler ; markings obscurely darker fuscous ; first line 

 irregular, from one-third of costa to before middle of inner margin ; 

 a small round pale-centred spot in disc before middle, and an 

 8-shaped pale-centred discal spot ; second hne from three-fourths 

 of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, rather sharply dentate, 

 irregularly curved outwards below middle, followed by an obscure 

 whitish ochreous hne, tolerably distinct towards costa ; an inter- 

 rupted dark fuscous hind-marginal hne ; cilia whitish ochreous, 

 mixed with fuscous, suffusedly spotted with dark fuscous towards 

 base. Hind wings fuscous, darker on hind margin, obscurely 

 mixed with whitish ochreous towards base ; a cloudy dark fuscous 

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