Australia and the South Purine 211 



middle ; two small triangular spots very near hind margin above 

 anal angle ; cilia blackish, near above anal angle and sometimes 

 shortly beneath apex white with a black basal line. 



Cairns, Queensland; four specimens (coll. Macleay 

 and Lucas). Also from New Guinea and Mysol. 



Glyphodes Doleschali, Ld. 



Glyphodes Doleschali, Ld., 478, pi. xiv., 1. 



Cooktown, Queensland ; one specimen (coll. Macleay). 

 Also from Amboina. 



Glyphodes perspicillalis, Z. 



Also from Cooktown and Cairns, Queensland. 



Glyphodes tolumnialis, Walk. 



Duaringa and Cooktown, Queensland ; Newcastle, 

 New South Wales. 



I notice that Mr. Moore, in his Lepidoptera of Ceylon, 

 asserts that the Australian G. tolumnialis is quite 

 distinct from his sexpunctalis ( = lomaspilalis, Snell. = 

 nympha, Butl.) ; as I had previously asserted their 

 identity, and he gives no points of distinction, I should 

 have been justified in neglecting this statement ; I have, 

 however, again examined the evidence, as well as in 

 some other cases mentioned hereafter. I compared 

 Butler's types of nympha, which Mr. Moore himself 

 regards as identical with his sexpunctalis, with Walker's 

 types of tolumnialis, standing in the same drawer of the 

 British Museum collection, and am unable to detect 

 even a shadow of difference between them ; and Mr. 

 Moore's description applies equally to both. Until, 

 therefore, he shall have indicated his grounds, I think 

 the distinction may be considered of as little value as 

 the characters of the new genus which he institutes to 

 contain this species. 



Glyphodes excelsalis, Walk. 



Also from Duaringa and Cooktown, Queensland. 

 Glyphodes Westermanni, Snell., Tijd. v. Ent., 1877, 73, 

 pi. v., 8, is a synonym of this; from Celebes. 



