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genera utterly unreliable and frequently erroneous, and the 

 original specimens often so scanty and mutilated as to be quite 

 unfit for description ; whilst others, even the most conspicuous 

 species, are described under several different names. Besides 

 these, there are only a very few scattered descriptions by Zeller, 

 Newman, &c. 



Of the species hereafter described, some of the Crambidae have 

 been named both by Zeller and Walker, since Zeller regarded 

 Walker's descriptions as generally unidentifiable ; the Crambi are, 

 however, generally recognisable, and his names should, therefore, 

 be adopted. Walker has also described certain Australian 

 insects as belonging to various genera in the Phycida but I can 

 certify from inspection of the types that hardly any, or perhaps 

 none, are true Phycidce, but Py rales, Deltoides, and even small 

 Noctuae. 



With reference to the localities and dates here appended to 

 the species, it should be observed that, although correct so far as 

 they go, they must not be considered as necessarily at all com- 

 pletely expressing the facts, on account of the very limited data 

 accessible at present. 



CH1LONIDJE. 



SCHOENOBTUS Dup. 



Ocelli distinct. Tongue short. Antennae setaceous, in g 

 longer, ciliated, in $ very short. Labial palpi very long, straight, 

 attenuated. Maxillary palpi triangular, appressed to labial palpi. 

 Wings elongate, apex of hind wings reaching beyond anal angle 

 of fore wings; in ? fore wings narrower and more acute than in 

 . Anal tuft of $ dense, woolly. 



Schoen. imparellus n. sp. 



<$ 9|" 12|". Head brownish-ochreous. Labial palpi more than 

 twice as long as head, from brownish-ochreous to dark-fuscous. 

 AntennsB brownish-ochreous or dark-fuscous, strongly ciliated. 

 Thorax brownish-ochreous to blackish-brown. Abdomen pale 

 greyish-ochreous, sometimes suffused with fuscous, whitish at 

 base. Anterior legs dark fuscous ; middle and posterior legs 



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