Niulitiiige ül)er die Familif «ler iSiculiilen. 44.') 



(laries ochreous, streaked with black ou tlie base; the oiitei 

 half of the costal border, a bioad apical ])atch. a smaller 

 anal patch. and a narrow external border nnitiny- all togvthei-, 

 black; tringe alternately black and white: body dark choculate- 

 biüwn ; the liead and l)ack of te.ofnlae pale ochraceous ; ab- 

 donien crossed by slender white segmental lines : nnder surfacc 

 iiearly as above; palpi ochreons, legs and venter basnded with 

 ochreons. Expanse of wings: 20 nnn. Peak Downs.-' 



1S87 gab Mci/rirk in seiner Schrift on Pyialidina froni 

 Anstralia and the 8onth Pacific (Trans. Ent. Soc. 1^87 p. 185 if.) 

 verschiedene Bemerkungen über Siculiden. Zunächst statuirt 

 er Microsca Plagifera als Varietät von Striglina ]\ryrtaea, welche 

 wiederum = Fenestrina Felder und Fenestrata (ru. sein S(dl. 

 Er führt S. 199 an Stric:liiia Irias ^feyr., der ^[yrtaea nahe 

 stehend und characterisirt sie. wie folgt: 



..? 35 mm. Head and thorax grey, slightly purplish 

 tinged; face dark grey. forming a conical projection. Palpi 

 dark grey, mixed with ochreous. Antennae greyish ochreous. 

 Abdomen pale grey, mixed with ochreons. anal extremity 

 mixed with bright crimson. Legs grey- whitish. somewhat 

 irrorated Avith darker grej" and crimson. Fore wings triangulär, 

 Costa ahnost straight, apex round-pointed. bind margin bowed, 

 very oblique; pale ochreous-grey. irrorated with pale crimson. 

 costal edge pule crimson: numerous short darker gre}- trans- 

 verse strigulae placed between veins, tending to form trans- 

 verse seiies; cilia pale ashy-grey, irrorated with pale crimson. 

 Hind wings with liead margin very slightly rounded; colour, 

 strigulae and cilia as in fore wings. but strigulae in more 

 regulär series; a moderate round grey discal Spot above middlc. 

 Queensland." — 



Weiter führt er auf: 



Strigliua Seiiiitessellalis Wlk. — Pyralis S. Wlk.. 

 Suppl. 124G, von mir p. 10 als fragliche Siculide angeführt. 

 Diese Art wird kurz characterisirt: 



,Brownish-grey : posterior two-fifths of both wings 

 whitish leticulated with reddish. with irregulär subapical and 

 supra-anal patches of ground colour. Queensland." 



Striglina Pyriiiata, Wlk. Arrhodia Pyrrhata Walk. 

 Suppl. 1575. ,o9 26— 20 mm. Head, palpi and thorax 

 ochreous-brovvn. thorax more obscure posteriorly. Antennae 

 ochreous. Abdomen light ochreous, sutfused with light ci'imson 

 on basal half Legs dark fuscous mixed with }>ale ochreous. 

 Fore wings triangulär, costa streight. apex rdund-pointcd; 



