760 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



98. Nyct. arnica, White. 



(Agagles amicus, White, Grey's Disc. 482 ; Nyctemera annulata, 

 Walk, (nee Boisd.) Bomb. 391.) 



(J £. 35-39 mm. Head black, a spot on side of face and incision 

 of neck orange. Palpi black, basal joint orange. Antennae black, 

 in (J rather strongly, in £ shortly pectinated. Thorax black, 

 margin of collar and a stripe on each side of back meeting behind 

 orange, margins of patagia whitish-ochreous. Abdomen orange, 

 base of segments black, dilating into a dorsal spot. Legs blackish, 

 beneath whitish-ochreous. Forewings rather elongate-triangular, 

 costa posteriorly moderately arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin 

 rather obliquely rounded ; blackish ; an orange basal dot beneath 

 costa ; veins sometimes marked with very fine yellow- whitish lines 

 towards base ; dorsal margin very slenderly yellowish- white from 

 near base to middle ; a moderately broad irregular-edged ochreous- 

 white fascia from costa beyond middle towards anal angle, not 

 reaching it, on costa blackish-edged, interrupted by a blackish line 

 on lower median vein : cilia yellow-whitish or pale yellow, basal 

 half black. Hind wings with veins 6 and 7 from a point ; blackish ; 

 a moderate irregular ochreous-white spot beyond middle towards 

 costa ; cilia as in forewings. 



Larva black ; hairs spinose, black ; spots large, shining ; dorsal 

 line red ; lateral irregular, red, interrupted by a whitish spot on 

 each segment ; sometimes a series of obscure whitish spots about 

 spiracles, and an interrupted dull red subspiracular line, both often 

 nearly obsolete ; head black. Feeds on various species of Senecio. 



Newcastle and Sydney, New South Wales; Melbourne, Vic- 

 toria; Mount Lofty, South Australia; in June, July, September, 

 and November, generally common. 



99. Nyct. annulata, Boisd. 



(Leptosoma annulatum, Boisd, Yoy. Astr. V, 197, pi. V, 9,, 

 Dbld. Dieff. N. Zeal. ii. 284 ; Nyctemera Doubledayi, Walk. Bomb. 

 392.) 



