160 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA HYPSIDAK, ANTIIELIDAE, 



1. Hindwings with 8 anastomosing with cell at about ^ 2 



Hindwlngs with 8 approximated only, or connected 4 



2. Palpi porrect S 



Palpi ascending, reaching vertex Argina 



3. Forewings with 10 connate with 8, 9 from areole ExHclica 



Forewings with 10 arising separately from areole "Nyctcmcra 



4. Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate, 5 well separate Digama 



HiiKlwings with 3, 4, 5 approximated 5 



5. (S without costal retinaculum, palpi with terminal joint about ^k 



second Agape 



c? with costal retinaculum, palpi with terminal joint about as long as 

 second Hypsa 



Gen. 1. E X I T E L I c A,* nov. 



Palpi moderate, porrect; basal joint long, rough-scaled beneath; second 

 and terminal joints short, smooth. Antennae of c? very shortly bipeetinate, to- 

 wards apex simple; of ? simple. Forewings with areole narrow, 10 connate 

 with 7, 8, 9, which are stalked. Hindwings with 3, 4, 5 well separate at origin, 

 6 and 7 connate or stalked, 8 anastomosing shortly with cell at about ',, cell 

 about f. 



Beside the neuration of the forewings this differs from yiictemeru in the 

 shorter palpi and diilerent antennae. 



1. ExITELICA AEGROTA. 



Ni/ctem,era separata Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S.Wales, 1880, p. 7t)2, nee 

 "Wlk. Leptosoma aegrotum Swin., Cat. Oxf. Mus.. i., p. 145, PI. v., f. 15 (1892). 

 Nyctemera machieana Luc, Proc. Roy. Soc. Q'land, 1898, p. (iO. 



N. Q'land: Cape York, Claudie River, Cooktown, Cairns, Innisfail, Ingham, 

 Atherton, Mackay. 



Gen. 2. Nyctemera. 



Nyctemeta Hb., Verz., p. 178. 



Palpi rather long, porrect, smooth, but ba.sal joint hairy, terminal joint 

 rather long (J). Antennae in c? with long double pectinations, apex sometimes 

 simple; in ? also bipeetinate. Forewings with 10 arising from areole well sepa- 

 rate from 8, 9; 7 connate or separate. Hindwings with 3, 4, 5 well separated at 

 origin, 6 and 7 connate or stalked, 8 ana-stomosing shortly with cell at about 

 :}, ceU I to |. 



Type, A', lactinia Cram, from the Arcliipelago and India. 



1. Both wings with cilia whilish-ochreous arnica 



Both wings with cilia wholly fuscous 2 



2. Forewings with fascia undivided drucei 



ForewlngB w ith fascia divided by fuscous veins 3 



3. Hindwings white except terminal band baulus 



Hindwings fuscous with central white blotch srcuiidiana 



2. Nyctemera a.mica. 



Agagles arnica White, Grey's Discoveries in Australia, il.. Appendix., p. 

 482. — Nyctemera arnica MejT., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 188(). p. 700. — 

 Nyctemera plagiata On., Ent. Mo. Mag., 1868, p. 2. 



* t^ivriKmoQ, faded. 



