of the Australian Pyralidina. 345 



Abdomen black, segmental margins ochreous-orange. Legs black, 

 middle and posterior tibiae broadly banded with ochreous-yellow, 

 apex of all joints whitish ochreous. Fore wings rather short, 

 triangular, costa hardly arched, apex rounded, hind margin rather 

 obliquely rounded ; black, with six Ught yellow ochreous spots ; 

 first on inner margin at one-fourth, erect, transverse, reaching 

 more than half across wing ; second quadrate, in disc before 

 middle ; third small, transverse, on inner margin beyond middle ; 

 fourth on costa before two-thirds, transverse, direct, reaching half 

 across wing; fifth minute, on costa close beyond fourth; sixth 

 subquadrate, above anal angle ; cilia dark purphsh fuscous, terminal 

 half whitish ochreous round apex and on a spot at anal angle. 

 Hind wings bright orange ; a very small round black discal spot ; 

 a broad blackish hind-marginal band, inner edge somewhat exca- 

 vated above middle, narrowly contmued along costa ; cilia as in 

 fore wings. 



A strikingly handsome species. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; one specimen in October. 



Nyctarcha ophideres, Walk. 



Orosana ophideres (ophideresana) , Walk., Tort., 459. 



^ , 2 i 11 — 13 ^^- Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, 

 and legs dark fuscous ; a white line round eyes ; apex of joints of 

 maxillary palpi and lower half of labial palpi white ; abdominal 

 segments margined with orange-ochreous ; tibiae banded with 

 ochreous-whitish, apex of all joints ochreous-white. Fore wings 

 moderate, triangular, costa ahnost straight, apex rounded, hind 

 margin obhquely rounded ; dark fuscous, with scattered silvery-blue 

 metallic scales; lines darker, almost obsolete; first from one- 

 fourth of costa to one-thu-d of haner margin, somewhat curved : 

 second from two-thirds of costa to beyond middle of mner margin, 

 subdentate, rectangularly bent in middle and curved inwards to 

 beneath the obsoletely darker discal spot; a transverse sub- 

 triangular ochreous-whitish spot on costa immediately before 

 second hue, reaching nearly half across wing ; sometimes some 

 ochreous-whitish dots on hind margin; cilia dark grey, with a 

 blackish line at one-third, terminal portion with a broad whitish 

 patch at apex and sometimes a spot at anal angle. Hind wings 

 bright orange ; a moderately large black discal spot, confluent with 

 costal border ; a broad blackish hind-marginal band, projecting 

 triangularly inwards above anal angle, and continued narrowly 

 along costa ; cilia as in fore wings. 



