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a median fuscous line, and blackish points at extremities of 

 veins. Hindwings white ; a suffused light fusccus band along 

 lermen, preceded b}^ second line, which is as in forewings. line 

 along termen and cilia as in forewings. 



TTie yellowish-ochreous patches on forewings of female are 

 curious and distinct. 



Birchi^p, Victoria; two specimens received from Mr. D. 

 *Goudie, taken in April. 



AMPHICROSSA, n. g. 



Face slightly prominent. Palpi moderate, ascending, rough 

 scaled, terminal joint short. Antennae in male bipectinated 

 to apex. Thorax with erect bifid anterior and posterior crests, 

 densely hairy beneath. Posterior tibise hardly dilated. Fore- 

 wings in male without fovea; 10 connected with 9, thence anas- 

 tomosing with 11 ; 12 free. Hindwings normal. 



Allied to Stiharonia, Meyr., and the preceding genus, differ- 

 ing from both by the strongly crested thorax and neuration of 

 forewings. 



Referring to Stiharonia, it may be mentioned that in a speci- 

 men of meJanotoxa, Me3'^r., vein 10 does not touch 9 ; the same 

 peculiarity is noticeable in a specimen of trigramma, so that 

 allowance should be made for this when determining those 

 •species. The genus is formed to receive the following. 



Amphicrossa hemadelpha. Lower. 



(Stiharoma hemadelpha, Lower, P.L.S., N.S.W., p. 265, 1897.) 

 Broken Hill, New South Wales ; two specimens, in April and 

 June. 



PYRALIDINA. 



CRAMBID^. 



Talis macroura. n. S)p. 

 Male. 28 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax light 

 ochreous-fuscous. palpi more than twdce as long as head. Ab- 

 domen and legs ochreous, posterior and middle pair fuscous 

 tinged. Forewings elongate, moderately dilated posteriorly; 

 costa gently arched, apex somewhat acute, termen sinuate, 

 rather strongly oblique ; yellow-ochreous, finely infuscated ; a 

 moderately narrow central longitudinal whitish streak, from 

 base to termen, attenuated at extremities, but becoming more 

 sudden on posterior third, edged above throughout with a fine 

 fuscous line, more prominent in middle ; a row of suffused fus- 

 cous dots along termen ; cilia ochreous. with fuscous subbasal 

 and subterminal lines. Hindwings and cilia pale yellow. 



