192 AUSTRALIAN THYRIDIDAE AND PYRALIDAE 



Gen. 24. Nyctereutica, nov, 



vvKT€pevTiKo<;, dark, nocturnal. 



Frons flattened. Tongue well developed. Labial palpi 

 ascending, slightly exceeding vertex. Antennae in J with 

 densely scaled process from basal joint not reaching uiid-thorax. 

 Forewings with cell open, 2 from f , 3 from near 2, 4 and 5 

 approximated at base, 7, 8 and 9 stalked, 7 arising before 9, 

 Hindwings with 4 and 5 stalked, 7 anastomosing strongly 

 "with 8. 



Type N. asbolupis. 



t NYCTEREUTICA ELASSO'fA. 



Catavtola elassutn, Meyr., Tr. E.S. 1884, p. 280. 



8. A., Quorn ; N.W.A., Sherlock River (British Museun)). 



NYCTEREUTICA CAPNOPIS. 



Catamola capnopis, Meyr., Tr. E.S. 1885, p. 438. 

 N.S.W., Mt. Kosciusko (4500 ft.), Ben Lomond (4500 ft.), 

 in January. 



NYCTEREUTICA ASBOLOPIS, )l. Sj). 



dcr/SoAwTTis, like soot. 



(? . 13-15 111.1)1.. Head, thorax, palpi, and antennal 

 processes black. Antennae grey annulated with black; in ^ 

 simple, moderately ciliated (f). Abdomen dark fuscoub, apices 

 of segments whitish. Legs dark fuscous irrorated with whitish. 

 Forewings triangular, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, 

 termen slightly rounded, oblique ; in <? with a rounded glandular 

 swelling on costa at ^ ; blackish ; a few white scales above J 

 dorsum indicating antemedian line ; a postmedian erect white 

 line from f dorsum, slightly indented inwards below )niddie, not 

 reaching costa ; a few scattered white scales in costal and ter- 

 minal portions of disc; cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings with 

 termen rounded ; fuscous ; cilia fuscous. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q., Townsville, in January and ;\lay ; three specimens 

 received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



(ren. 25. Arnatula. 



Arnatnia, Stand., Iris, vi., p. 78 (1898). Hmps., Tr. E.S. 

 1896, p. 454. 



ft ARNATULA TORNOTIS. 



Steiictti ? tornotis, Meyr., Tr. E.S. 18S7, p. 188. 

 Q., Helidon. 



