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Family NOCTUID^. 

 Section AGROTIN^.. 

 Canthylidia melibapiies. 

 Mel?cleptria welihaphes, Hmps., Cat. Lcp. Phal. iv., p. 

 666a, pL 78, f. 17. 



The type, which is in my collection, is rather small (20 

 mm.), with pale-ochreous wings without markings, the ochreous 

 tinge being more pronounced in the hindwings. The underside 

 is similar, except for a discal fuscous suffusion of forewings. 

 I have also received a female, which differs only in having a 

 suffused fuscous terminal band on upper surface of hindwings, 

 incomplete towards tornus, and in size (28 mm.). 



N.Q., Thursday Island (male type), Geraldton (female). 



Section HADENIN^. 

 The following locality notes are supplementary to Sir 

 Geo. Hampson's Cat. Lep. Phal., vol. v. 



Brithys crini. 

 N.Q., Thursday Island, Kuranda. Q., Duariuga, Bris- 

 bane. 



CiRPHIS LEUCOSTA. 



N.Q., Kuranda. Mackay (Lower). 



This is a northern species, I think the South Australian 

 locality is due to a confusion with the rather similar ehoriosa^ 

 Gn., and I am strengthened in this opinion by the fact that 

 Mr. Lower affixed the name hucosta to an example of ehorirrm 

 in the Queensland Museum. 



CiRPHIS SUBSIGNATA. 



N.Q., Cairns. 



CiRPHIS YU. 



N.Q., Cairns, Kuranda. 



Dasygaster eugrapha. 

 Dasi/c/asfe?- eugrapha, Hmps., Cat. Lep. Phal. v., p. 473. 



(Eugraplios, well-marked.) 

 Male, 40 mm. Head and palpi fuscous-brown mixed with 

 brown-whitish ; lower half of face brown-whitish. Antennae 

 fuscous ; in male shortly pectinate (1), with a short terminal 

 bristle on each pectination, apical J simple. Thorax fuscous 

 mixed with brown and brown-whitish. Abdomen brownish- 

 grey. Legs reddish-brown mixed with fuscous. Forewings 

 elongate-triangular, costa straight, apex rounded, terinen 

 rounded, wavy, slightly oblique : fuscous, with dark-fuscous 

 and whitish markings : a whitish line edged with dark-fuscous 



