652 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



84. Ner. verrucata, Gn. 



(Neritodes verrucata, Gn. X, 119, pi. xxn, 8.) 



(J9- 29-32 mm. Antennal ciliations %. Forewings with hind- 

 margin gently rounded; pale greyish-ochreous, more or less fuscous- 

 tinged towards costa or generally, sometimes faintly reddish-tinged 

 in disc, sometimes with scattered dark fuscous scales ; second line 

 nearly straight, hardly denned, fuscous, usually marked with dark 

 fuscous dots on veins ; a hindmarginal series of small blackish 

 dots. Hind wings with hindmargin rounded ; pale whitish-ochreous, 

 more whitish towards costa, somewhat sprinkled with fuscous 

 posteriorly ; second line indicated on lower half by a curved series 

 of faint grey dots. 



Glen Innes (3500 feet), Sydney and Bathurst, (2300 feet), New 

 South Wales ; Melbourne, Victoria ; Hobart, Tasmania ; Mount 

 Lofty and Port Lincoln, South Australia ; from August to Decem- 

 ber, and in March and April, common, frequenting swampy ground. 



26. Thalaina, Walk. 



Face slightly prominent, with appressed scales. Tongue 

 developed. Palpi short, porrected, rough-scaled, terminal joint 

 very short. Antennae in <J subclentate, shortly ciliated. Thorax 

 not crested, densely hairy above and beneath. Femora glabrous ; 

 posterior tibiae in g rather dilated. Forewings in $ without 

 fovea; 10 out of 9, 11 anastomosing or connected with 12 and 

 sometimes with 10 also. Hindwings normal. 



An endemic genus, of which all the species are strikingly hand- 

 some and conspicuous. Its affinities seem to have been very 

 puzzling to some writers, but it belongs unquestionably to the 

 Chlenias group of this family, perhaps approaching Mnesampela 

 more nearly than any other Australian genus. 



1. Hindwings with a dark fuscous fascia 88. angulosa. 



Hindwings with a spot only or unmarked.. 2. 



2. Markings of forewings yellowish-brown 89. inscripta. 



Markings of forewings orange 3. 



