GELECHIAD^:. 551 



Mus. OXF. One specimen New Holland, probably N. S. Wales ; one 

 specimen King George's Sound '(W. Australia). 



[If No. 1 10 or any other specimen can be proved to have come from 

 Francillon's Collection, this should be Donovan's type of unipunctana. 

 Drnt. Det. 109-110 (1893).] 



BIRTHANA, Wkr. 



Type. Birthana consocia, Wkr. 

 BIBTHANA, Wkr., Cat. Lp. Ins. BM. XXXI. 145 (1864). 



Antenna (<j) strongly biciliate (2). Labial Palpi slightly clothed be- 

 neath ; porrect to a little beyond the front, ascending. Haustellum 

 present. Headzxid. Thorax smooth. Foreivings broad, narrowed towards 

 the base ; costa raised at the base, moderately straight beyond, apex 

 obtusely rounded, termen convex, oblique. Neuration'. 12 veins ; 2 from 

 near angle of cell ; 5 nearer to 6 than to 4 ; 7 and 8 stalked, 8 to termen. 

 Hindwings scarcely as broad as the forewings, apex rounded, termen 

 convex. Neuration : 8 veins ; 3 and 4 separate ; 6 and 7 stalked ; 8 from 

 base, but closely approximating radius for about half the length of the cell, 

 i a , i b , i c all present. Abdomen smooth, slender. Legs smooth, spurs 

 moderately long. [Wlsm.] 



3641. Birthana consocia, Wkr. 



Birthana consocia, Wkr., Cat. Lp. Ins. BM. XXXI. 145 (1864) *. 



Antenna ochreous, shaded with brown. Palpi brown. Head and 

 Thorax brownish fuscous. Forewings brownish fuscous, with a slight 

 purplish tinge, a broad pale ochreous band crossing them obliquely 

 beyond the middle, this is slightly bowed outwards and slightly attenuated 

 at its extremities on the costa and dorsum ; a slender dark steel-grey line 

 along the termen at the base of the brownish fuscous cilia : the fascia is 

 distinct on the underside. Exp. al. 30 mm. Hindwings dark tawny 

 fuscous, cilia scarcely paler. Abdomen tawny fuscous. Legs paler, 

 brownish fuscous. 



Type <J. (Coll. Saunders) Mus. OXF. [Wlsm. Det. 3743 (1900).] 



Hab. MYSOL J ( Wallace), one specimen. Mus. OXF. 



My measurement seems to show that Mr. Walker's compasses were 

 a little loose at the joints, his apparatus having been known to be some- 

 what primitive. [Wlsm.] 



METHYPSA, Btl. 

 METHYPSA, Btl., Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1875, 324. 



3642. Methypsa saturata, Wkr. 



Hypsa saturata, Wkr., Cat. Lp. Ins. BM. XXXI. 217 (1864) \ Methypsa satu- 

 rata, Btl., Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1875, 3 2 4- 

 Type <J. Coll. Norris [Mus. Br. ?]. 



