16 Some Lepidopterous Pests New to Sugar Cane in Queensland. 
wing and three large spots on outer margin, white. Beneath: lighter 
greyish-brown. Fore-wing with central white band, and hind-wing with 
a large black blotch at inner angle. Wing expanse about 55 mm. 
Some years ago, whilst in Southern Queensland, the writer bred 
Ophiusa melicerte very plentifully from caterpillars defoliating castor- 
oil plants (Ricinus communis) along the banks of the Brisbane River. 
This noctuid has also been recorded as especially destructive to beans 
of the above plant in India, where its more important insect enemies are 
said to be a tachinid fly and hymenopterous parasites. 
By Authority: ANTHONY JAMES CUMMING, Government Printer, Brisbane. 
