BY E. MEYRICK. 857 



15. Melitulias, n.g. 



Face with short cone of projecting scales. Antennae in ^ 

 ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrected, rough-scaled. Posterior 

 tibiae with all spurs present. Forewings with areole double. 

 Hindwings with veins 6 and 7 stalked ; in (J with a discal patch 

 of modified yellow scales. 



Only known from Australia ; it is closely related to Hydriomena, 

 but is naturally and conveniently separated. The modified discal 

 yellow scales of the hindwings in the ^, which are more or less 

 dilated and form a somewhat thickened patch, evidently serve 

 some other purpose than that of coloration, and are possibly 

 scent-producing. 



1. Median band of forewings margined with 



strong white lines 2. 



Median band of forewings not margined with 



strong white lines 73. glandulata. 



2. Hindwings of ^ with very large yellow discal 



patch 74. discophora. 



Hindwings in J" with small yellow discal spot 72. grap/dcaia, 



72. Mel. graphicata, Walk. 

 (Te2)hrina graphicata, Walk, 967.) 



(^2- 26-30 mm. Head dark ochreous-fuscous. Palpi in ^ 2, 

 in 2 2:j, dark fuscous, base whitish. Antennse dark grey, in ^ 

 filiform, ciliations ^. Thorax fuscous, with three dark ochreous- 

 fuscous transverse bars. Abdomen whitish-fuscous irrorated with 

 darker. Forewings triangular, hindmargin waved, bowed, rather 

 oblique ; bright ochreous-brown, with faint darker sinuate trans- 

 verse lines ; a subcostal streak of grey-whitish irroration from 

 base to middle; median band sometimes suffused with dark fuscous, 

 limited by strong ochreous-white lines sharply-marked and blackish- 

 edged internally, more or less sufi"used with bright ochreous 

 externally, anterior from | of costa to ^ of inner margin, nearly 

 rectangularly angulated. below middle, its arms connected by a 



