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Zealand, but I am surprised it has not been found earlier; it is generally 
spread in all countries not too cold as a pest of stored grain (wheat, rice, &c.), 
to which the larva is very destructive; it is abundant in Australia. It 
may be looked for in corn-bins and granaries. The full synonymy and list 
of references is considerable. 
` Apatetris melanombra Meyr. 
Having received an example of Gelechia sparsa Philp. from Mr. Hudson, 
I find it to be a synonym of this species. The genus Apatetris Staud. I have 
adopted as superseding Epiphthora Meyr. 
OECOPHORIDAE. 
Chersadaula n. g. 
Head loosely haired ; ocelli posterior ; tongue developed. Antennae {, 
in 4 evenly ciliated, basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi 
pointed. — Hindwings in 4 1, elongate-ovate, cilia 1; 3 and 4 connate, 
5-1 nearly parallel; in ? half-aborted, very short, lanceolate. 
An interesting development of Borkhausenia. 
Chersadaula ochrogastra n. Sp. 
. 17mm. Head ochreous-whitish, hairs greyish towards base. Palpi 
ochreous-whitish mixed with grey. An { i 
ochreous-whitish slightly tinged with rosy, and suffusedly mixed with grey. 
Abdomen light yellow-ochreous. Forewings elongate, 
wards base; stigmata roundish, dark 
discal, opposite spots of dark-fuse 
these two and suffusedly connected ; 
ed, pointed ; lage 
and narrowly produce Am angularly prominent in disc, a stronger blackish 
: indwings rather broad-lanceolate, 
and about half as broad : cilia grey-whitish. 
n; bred in November from larvae found under 
t in September; two examples. The female must be 
eis m wi nn не an adaptation to a shelterless and windy 
coast. 
Izatha manubriata n. 8р: 
: thorax grey suffused with white except shoulders. 
Ас d and н є 
Pala dban a eske P th blackish, and with a black subapical 
