252 ON SOME LEPIDOPTERA FROM THE FLY RIVER, 



Differs from Siculodes by the thorax being densely hairy beneath, 

 and vein 1 of the forewings sharply furcate at base, both forks 

 well defined ; possibly also by the antennae, which are stated by 

 Guenee to be simple in the £, but I regard this as very doubtful. 

 Guenee gives no sufficient characters for this genus, from which 

 probably his Rhodoneura (originally only a name without characters, 

 and therefore not to be substituted for it) is not distinct. 



16. Strigl. myrtcea, Drury. 



(Noctua myrtcea, Drury, 111., II, pi. II, 3; Thermesia fenestrina, 

 Feld., Reis. Nov., pi. CXVII, 2 ; Striglina myrtea, Gn.. Ann. 

 Soc. Ent. Fr., 1877, 285 ; S. fenestrate ib., 285.) 



£. 29-31 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax grey, ochreous-tinged, 

 more or less mixed with crimson. Antennas light greyish-ochreous. 

 Abdomen crimson, segments more or less grey towards base. Legs 

 grey, mixed with crimson beneath. Forewings triangular, costa 

 straight, somewhat bent towards apex, apex rectangular, hind- 

 margin obliquely rounded ; crimson, with numerous short grey 

 strigulse, tending to form nearly straight irregular transverse 

 series ; sometimes a small oval semi-transparent white spot in 

 middle of disc ; sometimes a white dot on costa towards apex ; 

 costal edge pale greyish-ochreous posteriorly, spotted with grey : 

 cilia grey, extreme apex crimson tinged. Hindwings triangular, 

 hind margin rounded ; colour and strigulse as in forewings ; cilia 

 white, basal third dark grey. 



Four specimens ; also from Celebes and India. There can be no 

 doubt that the spotted and unspotted forms all belong to the same 

 species, though it is a curious form of variation ; all the specimens 

 appear to be females, though without dissection I cannot be sure of 

 this ; the antennae are quite simple in all. There is also variability 

 in the suffusion of the grey markings. 



Siculodes, HS. 



The following species has vein 1 of the forewings really furcate 

 at base, but the lower branch of the furcation is obsolete, though 

 its origin is quite perceptible ; this structure should therefore be 



