of the Australian Pyralidina. 319 



along costa from base to tliree-fiftlis ; a suffused fuscous basal 

 patch ; a small round dark fuscous pale-centred spot in disc at 

 one-third, a similar spot below it, and a curved-oblong similar 

 discal spot ; second line dark fvxscous, from four-fifths of costa to 

 two-thirds of inner margin, waved, middle third abruptly curved 

 outwards ; a broad fuscous hind marginal band, extending almost 

 to second line ; cilia grey, basal third whitish barred with dark 

 fuscous, with a rather large white spot at anal angle. Hind wings 

 with ground colour, second line, and hind-marginal band as in fore 

 wings ; a dark fuscous discal spot ; cilia white, basal third barred 

 with dark grey. 



I have not seen the type of this species ; it is the 

 only one of Walker's which I have identified from the 

 description alone, but I believe it is correct. 



Duaringa, Queensland; one specimen received from 

 Mr. G. Barnard. 



Semioceros murcalis, Walk. 



Nacoleia murcalis (murcusalis) , Walk., 935 ; Isopteryx 

 sordidalis, ib., Suppl., 1317 ; Botys hypsidesalis, 

 lb., 1006. 



^ , $ , 16 — 21 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen 

 brownish ochreous mixed with dark fuscous ; palpi snow-white on 

 lower half. Legs whitish ochreous, anterior tibiae dark fuscous 

 towards apex. Fore wings moderate, triangular, costa slightly 

 sinuate, moderately arched towards ajoex, apex round-pointed, 

 hind margin sinuate, rather strongly obhque ; brownish ochreous, 

 irrorated with dark fuscous ; lines rather thick, conspicuous, dark 

 fuscous ; first hne irregular, from one-fifth of costa to one-third of 

 inner margin ; second from three-fourths of costa to three-fifths of 

 inner margin, irregularly dentate, sharply angulated inwards at 

 two-thirds to beneath discal spot, followed by an ochreous-whitish 

 line, angulation filled with a dark fuscous suffusion ; a subquadrate 

 discal spot, not darker than ground colour, but laterally dark- 

 margined, and a smaller similar spot in disc before middle, the 

 space between these forming a conspicuous white spot ; a more 

 suffused white spot beyond discal spot, and a whitish mark before 

 first spot ; a row of crescentic dark fuscous spots on hind margin ; 

 cilia whitish ochreous, with a dark fuscous line at one-third, 

 terminal portion grey, a subquadrate white spot at anal angle. 

 Hind wings with ground colour and markings as in fore wings, but 

 apex sufi'used with dark fuscous, first line and first discal spot 

 obsolete, costa suffused with whitish ; cilia white, with a dark grey 

 line at one-third. 



