BY THOMAS P. LUCAS, M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A., LON. 71 



lighter in front, fuscous. Abdomen fuscous, Forewings costa 

 nearly straight, hind margin sinuate, bowed, fuscous with 

 scattereil lighter scales, costal area fuscous ochreous with minute 

 black specks on costal line, a small darker fuscous spot at two- 

 third costa, an irregular wavy ill-defined line opposite one-third 

 costa to before one-fourth inner margin, and an irregular patch 

 along bend of hind margin. Cilia fuscous. Hindwings fuscous, 

 with conspicuous darker band lines parallel with hind margin, 

 costal half of wing elaborately variegated with violet tinged 

 witli splashes and dots. Cilia fuscous. Mr. Turner, Mackay. 



GROUP NOCTUINA.— FAMILY BBYOPHILID.E. 



BRYOPHILA MILITATA. SP. NOV. 



S $ 23 — 30 HI v\. Head bluish white, with a black dot on 

 crown. Antenna? fuscous, becoming white at base. Palpi 

 fuscous. Legs white, with black bands. Thorax bluish white, 

 with four dorsal black spots. Abdomen grey white, with two 

 rows of dorsal black spots. Forewings, costa straight, hind- 

 margin rounded, blue white, with black dots and lines, arranged 

 in squares and figures, as in military array ; costa with a small 

 dot near base, an irregular rhomboid at one-sixth, a small dot sub- 

 tending a second immediately beyond, an 8 figure at half, redu- 

 plicated posteriorly, a dot at |^ with a smaller one contiguous and 

 two near middle of wing, a dumbbell figure seven-eight sub- 

 tending, and a spot just before apex ; an irregular blotch in 

 centre of base attenuated in some specimens to thorax, a dot 

 beyond near sub-median, three double dots or lines, or first two 

 united into square on sub-median beyond, a diamond figure of 

 three or four dots attenuated by narrow line to anal angle, four 

 dots on inner margin, two middle (sometimes united), two or three 

 dots before middle of hind margin, a row of small sub-marginal 

 dots. Cilia white with fine white black bars. Hindwings blue 

 white, with a broad hind-marginal blackish grey band, narrowing 

 to two-third hind-margin, a few dots show from under surface. 

 Under-surface with a square of four costal dots, and a fifth 

 between on median, a row of three dots sub-median, hind- 

 marginal band more attenuated. Cilia white, with black shading 

 opposite the band. Brisbane Scrub. Very rare. On tree trunks. 



