704 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



Fore wings oblong-oval, costa strongly arched, apex rounded, 

 hindmargin obliquely rounded ; bright pale brassy-yellow ; a 

 fuscous basal patch, edged by a straight dark purple fuscous line 

 from costa near base to \ of inner margin ; a rather broad some- 

 what irregular fuscous-purple fascia from costa about § to inner 

 margin before anal angle, anteriorly dark-margined, containing 

 two darker dots in disc, and followed by a faint reddish suffusion 

 below middle : cilia pale brassy-yellowish. Hindwings broad, 

 rounded ; grey ; cilia grey, towards apex whitish. 



Brisbane, Queensland, in September ; one specimen. 



12. Calligenia, Dup. 



Tongue well-developed. Antennae in £ filiform, evenly ciliated 

 (1), with scattered longer cilia. Palpi rather short, porrected, 

 loosely scaled, terminal joint short, tolerably pointed. Forewings 

 with vein 2 from middle, 7 and 8 out of 9, 11 anastomosing with 

 12. Hindwings with veins 4 and 5 from a point or stalked, 6 and 

 7 stalked, 8 from beyond middle. 



The variations in structure of veins 4 and 5 of the hindwings 

 occur within the limits of the same species. 



A. Hindwings with broad dark fuscous marginal 



band 26. structa. 



B. „ without ,, ,, 



a. Forewings more or less rosy. 



1 . Thorax grey, with rosy spots 24. cyclota. 



2. ,, wholly rosy 23. pyraula. 



b. Forewings not rosy 25. melitaula. 



23. Call, pyraula, n. sp. 



£. 31 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and legs bright 

 ochreous-rosy. Abdomen whitish-rosy. Forewings elongate, strongly 

 dilated, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin obliquely 

 rounded ; bright ochreous-rosy ; markings formed by irroration of 

 light grey scales, obscurely darker-edged ; four or five spots near 

 base ; a slender twice indented fascia at £ ; a narrow fascia 



