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SICULODID^E. 



Striglina, Gn. 



Striglina irias, n. s. 



5 , 35 nun. Head and thorax grey, slightly purplish-tinged ; 

 face dark grey, forming a conical projection. Palpi dark grey, 

 mixed with ochreous. Antenna- greyish-ochreous. Abdomen pale 

 grey, mixed with ochreous, anal extremity mixed with brighl 

 crimson. Legs grey-whitish, somewhat irrorated with darker grey 

 and crimson. Fore wings triangular, costa almost straight, apex 

 round-pointed, hind margin bowed, very oblique ; pale ashy-grey, 

 irrorated with pale crimson ; costal edge pale crimson ; numerous 

 short darker grey transverse strigulae placed between veins, tending 

 to form transverse series ; cilia pale ashy-grey, irrorated with pale 

 crimson. Hind wings with hind margin very slightly rounded ; 

 colour, strigulae, and cilia as in fore wings, but strigulge in more 

 regular series ; a moderate round grey discal spot above middle. 



Queensland ; one specimen (coll. Lucas) ; a second 

 unnamed in British Museum collection. Nearest to 

 S. myrtcea. 



Striglina semitessellalis, Walk. 



Pyralis semitessellalis, Walk., Suppl., 1246. 



I have not obtained the species, and Walker's type is 

 in poor condition, but the following is a diagnosis 

 of it :— to 



Brownish-grey; posterior two-fifths of both wings whitish reticu- 

 lated with reddish, with irregular subapical and supra-anal patches 

 of ground colour. 



Queensland. 



Striglina pyrrhata, Walk. 



Arhodia pyrrhata, Walk., Suppl., 1575. 



6* ? , 26—29 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous-brown, 

 thorax more obscure posteriorly. Antennae ochreous. Abdomen 

 light ochreous, suffused with light crimson on basal half. Legs 

 dark fuscous mixed with pale ochreous hairs, anterior pair suffused 

 with crimson, posterior pair whitish-ochreous. Fore wings 

 triangular, costa straight, apex round-pointed, hind margin bowed, 

 oblique; yellow-ochreous, closely and regularly reticulated with 

 deeper ochreous ; two or three small dark fuscous spots on pos- 

 terior half of costa ; a purple line from disc at two-thirds to inner 

 margin at three-fifths; cilia ochreous-brown, with a darker line 



