70 Mr. E. Meyrick on the classification 



curved outwards ; an obscure interrupted greenish shade from 

 middle of inner margin to middle of second line ; a large dark grey 

 apical blotch, connected with anal angle by three greenish spots ; 

 cilia white, broadly barred with blackish grey. Hind wings white, 

 irrorated with greenish ; costa broadly and inner margin more 

 narrowly bright yellow ; a dentate greenish line before middle, 

 mixed with dark fuscous, and a strongly dentate blackish grey 

 median line suffused with greenish, both terminated before costal 

 yellow band ; a large dark grey apical blotch, connected with inner 

 angle by a row of six greenish spots ; cilia white, barred with 

 blackish grey. Wings beneath deep yellow, markings partly 

 obsolete. 



A pretty species, somewhat resembling Cardamyla 

 carinentalis, of which Walker suggested that it might be 

 the female ; it has, however, distinct ocelli and maxillary 

 palpi, and Cardamyla is stated by Lederer to be without 

 either. 



Brisbane, Queensland. I received my specimens from 

 Mr. Diggles. 



10. Balanotis reciLrvalis, Walk. 



Salma recurvalis, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. (Cr.), 107. 



(3^ , 5 , 28 — 32 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish, sometimes 

 partially suffused with greenish, irrorated with dark fuscous and 

 brownish red. Antemise grey. Abdomen ochreous-whitish, irro- 

 rated with dark fascous. Legs dark fuscous, irrorated with white 

 and red, apex of joints white. Fore wings triangular, moderate or 

 rather broad, costa slightly arched towards apex, apex rounded, 

 hind margin somewhat obliquely rounded ; scales somewhat rough, 

 tending to form tufts on fold at one-fourth, and in disc above and 

 below middle; light fascous or greenish, closely but irregularly 

 irrorated with white, dark fuscous, and red scales ; sometimes 

 several short scattered black linear marks ; an irregular obsolete 

 blackish line from one-third of costa to two-fifths of inner margin ; 

 a small blackish discal spot ; a dentate well-marked blackish line, 

 followed by a pale line, from two-thirds of costa to four-fifths of 

 inner margin, strongly curved outwards, indented inwards above 

 inner margin ; a dark fuscous hind marginal line, interrupted by 

 whitish dots ; cilia whitish, with basal third ochreous and a grey 

 median line, barred with dark grey. Hind wings whitish, more or 

 less suffused with grey, with a small discal spot and a broad darker 

 grey suffused hind marginal band, becoming obsolete before reach- 

 ing inner angle, and shortly preceded by an obscure darker line ; 



