914 
CATALOGUE OF 
Female. Pale fawn-colour, hardly stout, slightly and minutely 
speckled with black, cinereous beneath. Palpi ascending, broad, 
curved, very short? third joint extremely minute. Antennae slen- 
der. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs 
smooth, slender. Wings moderately broad ; marginal points black ; 
fringe pale cinereous, rosy towards the base ; under side with 
the black points much more distinct, and with three denticulated 
black lines, which are most conspicuous in the hind wings. Fore 
wings acute ; exterior border moderately oblique. Length of the 
body lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 
Group of P. nostralis. 
a. Sydney. From Mr. Diggles’ collection. 
Pyralis? Saburalis. 
Foem. ? Ferrugineo-cinerea , sat robusta ; palpi nigri , ascendent es , 
validi , areuati , Jimbriati , articulo So longi-conico ; antenna 
vix pubescentes ; thoracis legulce longiusculce ; pedes robusti , 
glabri ; alee anticce acutce , basi margine exteriore lato macula - 
que costali nigris , fasciculo basali atro ; postica jlavce , nigri - 
cante marginatce. 
Female p Iron-gray, moderately stout. Palpi black, as- 
cending, stout, curved, fringed, rising a little higher than the 
vertex ; third joint elongate-conical, less than one-fourth of the 
length of the second. Antennae hardly pubescent. Tegulae of 
the thorax rather long. Abdomen pale P Legs stout, smooth ; 
spurs moderately long. Wings moderately broad ; fringe broad. 
Fore wings acute, mostly black towards the base, near which there 
is a deep black discal tuft; exterior border broadly black ; a black 
spot on the middle of the costa. Hind wings yellow, with a 
blackish border, which ceases at some distance from the interior 
angle. Length of the body 5 ? lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 
The tuft of the fore wings (which are also somewhat in- 
crassated at the base) and the yellow hind wings are almost 
sufficient characters to distinguish this species as a new genus. 
a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles’ collection. 
