583 



mediastina, Hb., cannot be regarded as a type, for Walker was 

 unacquainted with this species, only including it in the genus with a '?'. 



Wkr., Cat. Lp. Ins. BM. XXXI. 240-1 (1864), removed to the genus 

 Nepita, Moore, I. anila, Moore (=lydia, var. Wkr.), 3. conferta, Wkr., 

 (=signata, Wkr.); this action constituted leucotelus, Wkr., (= dilecta, 

 Wkr.) the type of the genus Pitane, Wkr. Pitane was described from a 

 <5, and although the sex of dilecta is not mentioned, it is obvious from the 

 description that the type was a tf. 



= SEZERIS, Wkr., Cat. Lp. Ins. BM. XXVIII. 509 (1863). 

 Type, leucotelus, Wkr., (= conflictella, Wkr.). 



= (ECINEA., Scott, Austral. Lp. I. 28-9 partim (1865). 



This genus cannot be maintained for either of the two species placed 

 in it by Scott ; oppositella, Wkr., (=felderi, Scott) being the type of Sen- 

 tica, Wkr., and leucotelus, Wkr., ( = scotti t Scott) the type of Cebysa, W T kr. 



3708. Cebysa leucotelus, Wkr. 



n. synn. = dilecta, Wkr. ; = conflictella, Wkr. ; = scotti, Scott 5 . 



Cebysa leucotelus, Wkr., Cat. Lp. Ins. BM. II. 486 (I854) 1 . Pitane dilecta, 

 Wkr., Cat. Lp. Ins. BM. II. 532-3 (1854) 8 . Sezeris conflictella, Wkr., Cat. Lp. 

 Ins. BM. XXVIII. 509 (i863) 3 . (Ecinea scotti, Scott, Austral. Lp. I. 29-30, PL 

 IX. (1865)*; Wkr., Cat. Lp. Ins. BM. XXXV. 1925 (1866) . Cebysa leucotelus, 

 Swinh., Cat. East. & Austral. Lp. Het. Oxf. Mus. I. 59, No. 257 (1892) 6 . 



Types $ 9. leucotelus, Wkr., ?, Mus. Br. ; dilecta, Wkr., <j, Mus. Br. ; 

 confiictella, Wkr., tJ, Mus. Br. ; scotti, Scott, <J ?, Mus. [ ? ]. 



Larva. In case on trunks si Eucalyptus (Anderson, MS.) ; [in captivity 

 on Stellaria media, dry leaves of Ficus australis, &c. *], IX 4 . 



Imago. Ill (Anderson], XI 4 . 



Hab. AUSTRALIA 2 . N. S. WALES-Sydney V, 6 , Ash Id. 4 . TAS- 

 MANIA 3 > 6 . [VICTORIA Melbourne (A ndersori). Mus. Wlsm.] 



Mus. OXF. 'a. New South Wales, b. New Holland, c. Van Diemen's 

 Land (4) ' [teste Swinhoe "]. 



[Having examined the types of leucotelus, dilecta and conflictella, I am 

 of opinion that they are all one species, and that Walker was correct in 

 regarding scotti as a synonym of leucotelus. Wlsm.] 



NEMATOIS, Hb. 

 tNEMOTOis, Hb., Verz. bek. Schm. 416-7 (1826). 



3709. Nematois scitulella, Wkr. 



Glyphypteryx scitulella, Wkr., Cat. Lp. Ins. BM. XXX. 830 (1864) l . 

 Glyphipteryx scitulella, Moore, Lp. Ceyl. III. 524 (1887) 2 . Glyphypteiyx 

 scitulella, Swinh. & Cotes, Cat. Moths Ind. 719, No. 4922 (1889) 3 . 



Type 9. Mus. Br. 

 Hab. CEYLON *-*. 

 Mus. OXF. Five specimens, CEYLON (Thwaites, 1872; 1877). [Wlsm. 



