340 AECTIAD^. 



715. Poliodula xanthodelta. 



ScoKacma xanthodelta, Lower, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. xxii. p. 10 (1897). 



J, Head and tegulse orange-yellow; palpi at tips and antennae 



except basal joint blackish; 

 thorax yellowish grey ; ab- 

 domen orange-yellow, with 

 some dark hair at sides. 

 Fore wing yellowish grey, 

 thickly irrorated with fus- 

 cous ; a pale orange-j^ellow 

 Fig. 2^2.—Polidide xantJiodelta, J. \. ^^^^rk at base of inner mar- 

 gin, a streak on base of eosta, 

 and a triangular patch on middle of eosta. Hind wing pale orange- 

 yellow, with fuscous terminal baud broad at eosta narrowing to 

 tornus. 



5 prohably apterous. 

 Hab. N. S. Wales, Broken Hill (Loiver), 3 c? . Exp. 22 millim. 



Genus XANTHODULE. 



Type. 



XantJiodule, Biitl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 384 seminchrea. 



Anestia, Meyr. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) i. p. 745 (1886) ombroj^hanes. 



Proboscis aborted ; palpi porrect, not reaching as far as frons ; antennje of 

 male bipectinate, with stiff branches ; tibite with the spurs moderate. Pore 

 wing with vein 2 from middle of cell, oblique ; 3 from well before angle ; 

 5 from angle ; 6 i'rom below upper angle ; 7, 8 stalked; 9, 10 stalked ; 11 free. 

 Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3 from well before angle ; 5 from 

 well above angle ; 6, 7 on a long stalk ; 8 from middle of cell. 



A.. Fore wing with the ground-colour greyish white ,. omhrophanes. 



B. Fore wing uniform brown semiochrea. 



716. Xanthodule omhrophanes, (Plate XXVIII. fig. 4.) 



Anestia omhrophanes, Meyr. P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) i. p. 746 (1886) ; 



Kirby, Cat. ilet. p. 297. 

 Anestia inquinata, Lucas, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) iv. p. 1083 (1890) ; 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 297. 



(^ . Head and tegulse yellowish white ; palpi, frons, and antennae 

 brownish ; thorax brownish, with whitish spots on pro- and meta- 

 thorax; fore and mid legs yellowish and fuscous ; hind legs yellow; 

 abdomen orange-yellow. Fore wing greyish white ; the costal area 

 broadly dark brown from base to anteraedial line, which is strong, 

 sinuous and somewhat oblique ; a round spot in middle of cell ; a 

 discoidal spot conjoined to the terminal dark area, which has a 

 sinuous inner edge, an apical greyish patch, and often some other 

 obscure subterminal and terminal patches. Hind wing orange, with 

 apical fuscous patch continued towards tornus as a fine line. 



$ . Apterous ; the antenna3 short, serrate ; the wings represented 

 by small flaps of cuticle with tips of grey hair ; legs much reduced ; 

 abdomen sparsely clothed with grey hair, the anal tuft larger. 



