328 Mr. E. Meyrick on the classification 



with moderate anal tiift ; valves exserted. Fore wings with vein 

 11 moderately long, oblique. Hind wings as broad as fore wings ; 

 3 moderately remote, 4 and 5 approximated at base ; 7 out of 6 

 near origin, anastomosing with 8 to middle. 



Differs from Botys especially by the dilated maxillary 

 palpi. 



Myriostephes matura, n. s. 

 c^ , 5 , 11 — 14 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous-yellow ; 

 palpi externally fuscous-tinged, beneath white. Antenna ochreous, 

 spotted with dark fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-yellow, paler 

 posteriorly. Legs pale grey, anterior tibiae darker. Fore wings 

 moderate, triangular, costa faintly siniiate in middle, arched 

 towards apex, apex tolerably acute, hind margin sinuate beneath 

 apex, obliquely rounded ; ochreous-yellow, often shading into 

 brownish ochreous posteriorly ; costal edge dark fuscous from base 

 to beyond middle, thence yellowish white to four-fifths ; Hnes 

 ochreous-fuscous, faintly subdentate ; first from one-fourth of costa 

 to one-third of inner margin, slightly curved ; second from a small 

 blackish spot at two-thirds of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, 

 gently curved to below middle, then shortly broken inwards ; discal 

 spot transversely linear, obscure, ochreous-fuscous; a blackish 

 fuscous hind marginal line ; ciha white, with a strong sharply 

 marked blackish line at one-third. Hind wings yellow ochreous, 

 posteriorly suffused with fuscous, in female broadly suffused with 

 rather dark fuscous ; a faint discal spot ; second line, hind- 

 marginal line, and cilia as in fore wings. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; common amongst dry 

 scrub, in November, December, and March. 



Mnesictena, n. g. 

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

 Antennae three-fourths of fore wings, in male filiform, evenly 

 ciliated (^ — ^), or biciliated (1) (notata), rough-scaled above. 

 Labial palpi moderate or long, straight, porrected, triangularly 

 scaled, terminal joint somewhat pencil-form, partially concealed. 

 Maxillary palpi moderate, dilated with rough scales towards apex. 

 Posterior tibiae with outer middle-sj)urs one-half, outer end-spurs 

 two-thirds of inner. Abdomen moderate, in male with short anal 

 tuft ; valves exserted. Fore wings with vein 11 moderately long, 

 oblique. Hind wings as broad as fore wings ; 3 moderately 

 remote, 4 and 5 approximated at base, 7 out of 6 near origin, 

 anastomosing with 8 to two-fifths. Huid wings with lower median 

 loosely and thinly pectinated towards base. 



