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21. Ariathisa Walk. 



Ariathisa Walk., Cat., 33, 747 (1865) ; type, excisa Herr-Sckaff. 

 Nitocris Guen.. Ent. Mo. Mag., 5, 4 (1868) : type, comma Walk. 



Face without prominence. Antennae in $ ciliated. Thorax clothed 

 ehiefly with scales, with small posterior double crest. Abdomen without 

 crests. 



A rather extensive characteristically Australian genus. The single New 

 Zealand species is apparently endemic, but extremely close to Australian 

 forms. 



91. A. comma Walk., Cat., 9, 239 ; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 7, pi. 5, 27, 28; 



implexa Walk., Cat., 10, 405 : plusiata, ib., 33, 742 : bicomma Guen., 

 Ent. Mo. Mag., 5, 4. 



North and South Islands. 



22. Spodoptera Guen. 

 Spodoptera Guen., Noct., 1, 153 (1852) : type, mauritia Boisd. 



Face without prominence. Antennae in S ciliated. Thorax clothed 

 chiefly with scales, with posterior spreading crest. Abdomen with dorsal 

 crest at base. 



A small widely distributed genus, of which two species have a very 

 extensive range. 



92. S. mauritia Boisd., Faun. Ent. Madag. Lep., 92, pi. 13, 9 ; Hamps., 



Cat., 8, 256 : margarita Hawth., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 29, 283 ; Huds., 

 N.Z. Moths, 6, pi. 5, 31. 



Wellington. Common throughout south Asia, Africa, Australia, 

 and Pacific islands. There are sixteen specific synonyms, which I 

 do not quote. Larva on rice, and perhaps other cereals. 



23. Cosmodes Guen. 

 Cosmodes Guen., Noct., 2, 289 (1852) ; type, elegans Don. 



Face without prominence. Antennae in <J ciliated. Thorax clothed 

 chiefly with scales, with anterior and posterior crests. Abdomen with 

 dorsal crests towards base, and large crest on third segment. Forewings 

 with scale-tooth at tornus, termen angulated on vein 3. 



The single species occurs apparently naturally in both Australia and 

 New Zealand, but probably the former country is its home. It approaches 

 the Asiatic Canna. 



93. C. elegans Don., Ins. New Holl., pi. 36, 5 ; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 33, 



pi. 6, 2. 



North Island, Christchurch. Common in eastern Australia. 



4. PLUSIADAE. 



Vein 8 of hindwings shortly anastomosing with cell near base, thence 

 diverging, 5 well developed. 



Also an extremely large family, but more especially characteristic of 

 tropical regions. 



Subfam. 1. Hypenides. 



Hindwings with 5 nearly parallel to 4. 



