1!Y THOMAS P. LUCAS, M.R.C.S. 81 



right angle round vein 3, with a prominent dot of black in 

 angle, and a small line of black on hindmargin across vein 4. 

 Cilia as forewings. 1 Specimen, Lucas-Rye Bellenden Ker 

 Expedition. 



NOCTUINA. 



Caradrinid.e. 



teingilburra, nov, gen. 



Head clothed with short hairs. Tongue well developed. 

 Palpi moderate, clothed with short hairs, second joint longer 

 than third, terminal joint porrected. x\ntennae filiform, ciliated. 

 Thorax without distinct crest, densely hairy beneath. Abdomen 

 moderate. Femora densely hairy. Spurs of middle and posterior 

 tibiae well developed. Forewings vein 2 from angle of cell, 4 

 and from a point, 7 and 8 out of 9, 10 united to 9. Hind- 

 wings, with 3 and 4 short-stalked, 5 obsolete, 6 and 7 closely 

 approximate, 8 anastonasing with cell half way to base, a strip 

 of hyaline texture in hindwings from base in place of vein 5. 

 Allied to Stilbia. Tringilburra is native name for a small stream 

 at foot of Bellenden Ker. 



tringilburra LUGENS, NOV. SP. 



S 40 VI ^^{. Head, thorax and abdomen rich fuscous, 

 Palpi dark fuscous, terminal joint lighter fuscous. Antennae 

 fuscous. Forewings elongate dilate, costa wavy, apical portion 

 rounded, apex acute, hindmargin obliquely rounded, rich fuscous, 

 with ochreous tesselations, and blackish fuscous markings and 

 suffusions. Forewings with a pencilled circular dark fuscous 

 transverse line near base, an irregular ziczac fascial line with 

 dots at angles from |- costa to ^ inner margin ; a second like 

 line more definitely marked, with longer ziczacs from t costa, 

 outwardly bowed and inwardly to h inner margin, between these 

 two lines the ground colour is definite, with a small subcostal 

 black dot near first line, and a small black discal spot splashed 

 across centre with purple iridescence, and two small difused 

 blotches of black on inner border; an oblique double line, ochreous 

 and dark fuscous from f inner margin to beyond f costa running 

 along and submerged into costa towards apex ; the ground 

 colour posterior to the line is suftused with darker fuscous, inter- 

 mingled with blotches of ochreous fuscous ; a submarginal fuscous 

 line of crescentic lunules, with black dot on each bow. Cilia 

 fuscous with lighter basal line. Hindwings coloured as forewings 

 with base lighter fuscous and oblique line well marked from 

 apex to anal angle ; a hyaline band in middle third from base 



