82 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



SMYRIODES Gn. 



*328. S. aplectaria, Gn. (ix., 223, pi. xx., i ; Nisista noto- 

 dontaria, Walk., 294 ; Vunga delineata, ib., Supp., 

 453 > Passa pygceroides, Walk., Char. Undesc. Lep., 

 1869 ; Smyriodes aplectaria, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N.S.W., 667, 1891). 

 Melbourne, Oakleigh. 



*328a. S. carburaria, Gn. (Chlenias carburaria, Gn., x., 238; 

 Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 666, 1891; Smyriodes 

 carburaria, Lower, Tr. Roy. Soc. S.A., p. 164, 1893). 



• GASTRIN A. Gn. 

 STIBAROMA. Meyr. 



329. S. melanotoxa, Meyr. (Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W-, 669, 



1891). 

 Gisborne, Melbourne, Wimmera District. 



330. plagiosema, Lower (Tr. Roy. Soc. S.A., ii., 1893). 

 Gisborne. 



*33oa. S. trigramma, Lower (loc. cit., p. 9, 1892). 

 Melbourne. 



DR YMOPTILA. Meyr. 

 PARAL^EA. Meyr. 

 NEOTERISTIS. Meyr. 

 MOCHLOTONA. Meyr. 



331. M. phasmatias, Meyr. (Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 673, 



1891). 

 Warragul. 



NOCTUINA. 



If there is any group of Lepidoptera in a state of confusion it 

 is the one under review. I have given a great deal of my leisure 

 time in endeavouring to elucidate some of the knotty points per- 

 taining to the different species. The results are not encouraging. 

 The further one goes into the subject the more perplexing becomes 

 the task. The members of the group, on the whole, are not so 

 variable as one would imagine — that is, judging by the synonymy 

 — but the trouble lies in having one species formed into half a 

 dozen different genera and almost as many families. It is very 

 annoying to find female specimens of Agrotis, for instance, 

 described as Mamestra, Xylina, Radena, or half a dozen other 

 genera. It shows a want of systematic definition. It appears to 



