BY E. MEYRICK, B.A., F.E.S. 763 



103. Nyct. cribraria, CI. 



{Phalaena cribraria, CI. ; Noctua astrea, Drury, Ins. Exot. ii., 

 11, pi. VI, 3 ; Bombyx pylotis, F. ; Xanlhesthes guttata, Ramb. ; 

 Aryina notata Butl., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1877, 365.) 



£ £. 39-44 ram. Head and palpi ochreous-yellow, terminal 

 joint black. Antennae dark fuscous, in £ with very short pectina- 

 tions terminating in long cilia, in Q simply ciliated. Thorax 

 ochreous-yellow, with seven small black sometimes pale-margined 

 spots. Abdomen deep ochreous-yellow, with dorsal, lateral, and 

 ventral series of small black spots. Legs ochreous-yellow, anterior 

 and middle pair dark fuscous above. Forewings rather elongate- 

 triangular, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin rather 

 obliquely rounded ; ochreous-yellow or light orange ; five transverse 

 irregular series of from six to nine small black spots, often sur- 

 rounded with ochreous-whitish rings ; first angulated, second and 

 third sinuate, fourth and fifth curved, fifth hindmarginal except 

 near apex ; two similar spots near base, on costa and in middle ; 

 four similar spots in a transverse irregular row in disc between 

 third and fourth series : cilia ochreous-yellow. Hindwings with 

 veins 6 and 7 from a point, anal angle in £ produced into a short 

 projection ; orange-yellow, with seven or eight black spots ; two 

 or three in a median series, one in disc beyond middle, one towards 

 inner margin at |-, and three submarginal ; three round black dots 

 on hindmargin towards middle ; a small black spot on anal pro- 

 jection ; cilia yellow. 



Cape York, Cooktown, Towns ville, Duaringa, and Brisbane, 

 Queensland ; generally common towards the north. Also from 

 China, Ceylon, India, Madagascar, Africa, probably thrmghout 

 tropical regions of the Old World. 



35. Amerila, Walk. 



Tongue well-developed. Antennae in £ filiform, simple, with 

 scattered short cilia. Palpi moderate, arched, ascending, with 

 loosely appressed scales, basal joint rough beneath and somewhat 

 tufted above, terminal joint moderate, cylindrical, obtuse. Tarsi 





