BY E. MEYRICK, B.A., F.E.S. 769 



costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin obliquely 

 rounded, inner margin in g prominent in middle ; dark brown ; 

 veins and folds slenderly yellow- whitish ; two narrow very irregular- 

 dentate blackish fascia? near base, both furcate and connected 

 towards costa, included basal area orange, outer one margined 

 posteriorly by a very irregular narrow whitish-ochreous fascia ; 

 an irregular roundish rather large ochreous-white discal spot 

 beyond middle, sometimes containing a small cloudy dark fuscous 

 spot ; cilia dark brown. Hindwings deep ochreous-yellow ; two 

 moderate irregular blackish fascia?, tending to be broken up into 

 spots, first median, second hindmarginal ; cilia ochreous-yellow. 



Bowen and Rockhampton, Queensland ; Clarence River, New 

 South Wales ; rather common. 



111. Hyps, caricae, F. 



(Noctua caricae, F., Don. ; JV. alciphron, Cr. 133 E.) 



£ Q. 55-60 mm. Head and thorax orange, with a small black 

 anterior spot on each patagium. Palpi orange, terminal joint, 

 apex of second, and a dot on basal joint black. Antenna? black, 

 ciliations thin, 1. Abdomen orange, segments 4-7 with black 

 dorsal spots, and with a lateral series of black dots. Legs whitish- 

 ochreous, anterior and middle femora and tibia? blackish above. 

 Fore wings rather elongate-triangular, costa moderately arched, 

 apex obtuse, hindmargin rounded, rather strongly oblique, inner 

 margin in £ prominent in middle ; brown ; veins and folds 

 slenderly yellow-whitish ; a moderate orange basal patch, outer 

 edge straight, not oblique, containing black subcostal and median 

 dots near base, outer edge marked with three or four black dots ; 

 a small round yellow-whitish discal spot on transverse vein ; cilia 

 brown. Hindwings deep ochreous-yellow ; three moderate suboval 

 blackish discal spots, first before middle, second beyond first, 

 third below first ; an irregular subterminal series of small black 

 spots, anteapical spot larger, one below middle further from 

 margin ; cilia ochreous-yellowish. 



