BY E. MEYKICK, B.A. 237 



Glyph, sabella, Newm., Trans. Ent. Soc., Lond., N.S.HL, 299. 

 " Fore-wings shining brassy-black, with yellowish scales 

 towards apex ; four narrow fasciae from costa, reaching to centre 

 of wing, silvery white ; close to apex two triangular white costal 

 spots ; from inner margin rise less distinct f ascise, almost meeting 

 those from costa ; a silvery mark in anal angle ; cilia pale brown, 

 a black hook at apex. Hind- wings smoky brown, cilia 

 concolorous. Exp. al. 5". 



Allied to G. thrasonella, but costal fasciae more perpendicular. 

 Two specimens from Mount Alexander Range, Victoria." 



The above description is Newman's original one as written ; 

 it is palpably insufficient and inaccurate, but appears to denote 

 an insect very different from any Australian species known 

 to me. 



Glyph, meteora, n. sp. 



c? ? . 4"-4". Head and thorax dark bronzy-fuscous. Palpi 

 whitish at base, second joint with two oblique whorls of black 

 white-tipped scales, terminal joint clothed with two rough whorls 

 of black white-tipped scales, apex black. Antennae dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen blackish fuscous, beneath with silvery- white rings, 

 apex white. Legs fuscous, middle and posterior tibiae black 

 with white central and apical rings, all tarsi black with white 

 rings at apex of joints, posterior tarsi with two apical joints wholly 

 white. Fore-wings moderately dilated, hind-margin indented 

 beneath apex ; dark bronzy-fuscous ; a broad conspicuous white 

 transverse fascia near base, attenuated on costa ; a rather large 

 white transverse spot on inner margin rather beyond middle, 

 dilated in middle, reaching half across wing, its apex silvery- 

 metallic; a short oblique silvery-metallic streak from costa 

 rather before middle, nearly meeting the dorsal spot ; two other 

 oblique silvery-metallic costal streaks at and f, reaching 

 middle; an oblique silvery-metallic streak from inner margin 

 just before anal angle, its apex resting between extremities of 



