BY E. MEYRICK, B.A., F.E.S. 761 



(J 9- 38 42 mm. Differs from N arnica only as follows : Head 

 and patagia wholly black. Abdomen with black bands broader, 

 not perceptibly dilated. Wings with white markings much smaller, 

 sometimes almost wholly obsolete ; no white lines on veins or inner 

 margin ; cilia wholly black. 



Larva black ; hairs black ; spots large, indigo blue ; dorsal and 

 lateral lines narrow, irregular, reddish-orange ; head black. Feeds 

 on various species of Senecio, sometimes completely stripping the 

 plants. 



New Zealand, abundant throughout North and South Islands ; 

 according to Boisduval's original statement also from New Guinea, 

 but I think this is probably an error, to be regarded as a lapsus 

 calami ; at least, it has never been confirmed. 



100. Nyct. tertiana, Meyr. 



(Nyctemera tertiana, Meyr., Ent. Mo. Mag. XXIII, 15 ; N. 

 latistriga, Snell. (nee. Walk.), Tijd. v. Ent. 1878, 72, pi. VI, 6.) 



^ Q. 42-48 mm. Differs from N. crescens only as follows ; 

 Abdominal segments with broader apical ochreous-yellow rings. 

 Forewings dark fuscous, with all main veins and median and sub- 

 median folds yellow-whitish anteriorly ; fascia divided by dark 

 fuscous veins into six spots. Hindwings often (not always) with 

 inner margin very broadly dark fuscous, so that the white is 

 reduced to a large roundish discal blotch. 



Cooktown, Queensland ; ten specimens (Coll. Macleay and 

 Lucas). Also from Celebes. 



101. Nyct. crescens, Walk. 



{Nyctemera crescens, Walk. Suppl. 204.) 

 ^ 9. 39-44 mm. Head ochreous-yellow, with a large black spot 

 on face and another on crown. Palpi dark fuscous, basal half 

 yellowish. Antennae dark fuscous, in <J rather strongly, in £ 

 shortly pectinated. Thorax black, a stripe on each side of back 

 and margins of collar and patagia ochreous-yellow. Abdomen 



