of the Australian Pyralidina. 327 



nearly confluent black raised spots on each segment, 

 each spot marked with a white dot on upper and lower 

 margins ; beneath these an irregular oval ochreous- 

 reddish spot on each segment from 5th to 12th; sub- 

 spiracular line slender, white, towards segmental divi- 

 sions yellow, marked with an oblique black bar beneath 

 each spiracle ; spots beneath subspiracular large, black ; 

 head black, mouth yellowish ; 2nd segment black, with 

 slender dorsal and subdorsal white lines ; 12th and anal 

 segments black above, with irregular whitish dorsal 

 spots. 



Toowoomba and Duaringa, Queensland ; Sydney and 

 Blackheath (3500 feet). New South Wales ; Fernshaw 

 and Melbourne, Victoria ; Hobart, Tasmania ; Adelaide, 

 Quorn, and Port Lincoln, South Australia ; generally 

 common, from September to December, and in March. 

 Also from Southern Europe. 



Mecyna deprivalis, Walk. 



Mecyna deprivalis, Walk., 806 ; Botys maorialis, Feld., 

 cxxxiv., 34. 



Smaller, darker, and more suffused than the pre- 

 ceding. I have only been able to dissect one male, but 

 could find no trace of the large tuft of hairs so con- 

 spicuous in the preceding species. 



Auckland, Wanganui, and Christchurch, New Zealand; 

 rather common, in January and March. Also occurs in 

 Ceylon ; I believe this form is also found in South 

 Europe. 



Larva in New Zealand on Sojihora tctraptcra {Legu- 

 minosce) ; it differs from the preceding, but I have not a 

 complete description. 



Myriostephes, n. g. 



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

 Antennae three-fourths of fore wings, in male filifoi-m, with whorls 

 of rough scales at joints, evenly ciliated {|). Labial palpi mode- 

 rately long, straight, porrected, triangularly scaled, terminal joint 

 somewhat pencil-form, partially concealed. Maxillary palpi mode- 

 rate, dilated with rough scales towards apex. Posterior tibia; with 

 outer middle-spur in male one-fifth, in female one-half of imier, 

 outer end-spur two-thirds of inner. Abdomen moderate, in male 



