of the Australian Pyralidina. 341 



Sedenia, Gn. 



Forehead with a long terminally excavated or truncate conical 

 projection. Ocelli present. Tongue absent. Antemiaa three- 

 fourths of fore wmgs, in male tolerably fiUform, evenly ciliated 

 (i — I), rough-scaled above. Labial palpi rather long, straight, 

 porrected, with rough projecting scales, attenuated and somewhat 

 drooping towards apex. Maxillary palpi moderate, with loose 

 projecting scales towards apex. Posterior tibiae with outer spurs 

 two-thirds of inner. Abdomen elongate, in male with a moderate 

 anal tuft, sometimes with an obUquely erect rounded process on 

 apex of abdomen (rupalis) ; valves exserted. Fore wings with 

 vein 11 moderately long, rather oblique. Hind wmgs as broad as 

 fore wings ; 3, 4, 6 remote ; 7 out of 6 near origin, anastomosing 

 with 8 to middle. 



Characterised specially by the absence of the tongue, 

 which appears to me wholly obsolete ; though neither 

 Guenee nor Lederer notice this character. 



a. Fore wings white . . . . . . . . . . rupalis. 



b. ,, ,, whitish ochreous .. .. .. cervalis. 



Sedenia rupalis, Gn. 



Sedenia rupalis, Gn., 250. 



Murrurundi and Bowenfels (2500 feet). New South 

 Wales ; Melbourne, Victoria ; Quorn, Port Lincoln, and 

 Kangaroo Island, South Australia ; rather common, in 

 October, November, and January. 



Sedenia cervalis, Gn. 



Sedenia cervalis, Gn., 250, pi. iii., 3 ; Ld., pi. viii., 4 ; 

 Scopula itonusalis, Walk., 794 ; S. pictoalis, ib., 

 1016. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Hobart, Tasmania ; 

 Mount Lofty range and Wirrabara, South Australia ; 

 common, in October, December, and March. 



Tritjea, n. g. 



Forehead with a conical projection. Ocelli present. Tongue 

 well developed. Antennas two-thirds of fore wings, in male 

 slender, filiform, evenly ciliated {\). Labial palpi moderate, 

 straight, porrected, with dense rough projecting scales beneath, 

 rather longer towards apex, terminal joint concealed. Maxillary 



