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fuscous; a large dark fuscous triangular patch lying on inner 

 margin, apex reaching nearly to costa; anterior edge from just 

 before base, edged with a line of ochreous-white posterior 

 edge, slightly sinuate, terminating on innermargin at three- 

 fourths, with a sharp angulation above innermargin, sinuate 

 portion edged as on anterior edge ; a, fuscous triangular spot 

 on costa near apex continued as a line to middle of wing ; an 

 obscure subterminal fuscous line ; faint fuscous line along ter- 

 men ; cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings with termen rounded ; 

 bright orange ; a black band along termen, broadest at apex^ 

 and indented before aaial angle. 



The British Museum has this species unnamed from Port 

 Darwin. 



C'ooktown, Queensland ; one specimen in November. 



FODINA CHRYSOMERA, n. Sp. 



Female, 28 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark fuscous, 

 patagia whitish. Antenna ochreous, fillet whitish. Ab- 

 domen yellow. Legs ochi-eous. Forewings elongate, trian- 

 gular, costa almost straight, termen nearly rectangular, black, 

 with reddish-ochreous markings, somewhat carmine-tinged; a 

 moderately thick oblique streak from innermargin close to base 

 just below middle of costa ; a broad oblique streak from apex of 

 preceding streak to termen just above anal angle, thus enclos- 

 ing a large triangular patch of ground color, which is only 

 separated from innermargin by a streak of yellowish, which is 

 continued the whole length of innermargin; a narrow trans- 

 verse streak from costa at four-fifths to posterior extremity of 

 second streak, gently curved outwards on upper half ; a narrow 

 streak along termen ; cilia blackish. Hindwings with termen 

 rounded ; bright orange ; a moderate black band along termen, 

 containing a streak of crimson along lower half; cilia as in 

 forewings. 



Broken Hill, New South Wales ; one specimen in March. 



NOCTUINA. 



CORULA (?) MESOLEUCA, U. Sp. 



Male, 30 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax light fuscous. An- 

 tennae, abdomen, and legs grey. Forewings elongate, trian- 

 gular, costa moderately arched, termen rounded; light 

 brownish ; a pair of nearly parallel dark fuscous lines, first at 

 one-fourth, second just beyond, limiting median patch, and 

 tending to be furcate on lower third; ground color between 

 last line and base somewhat darker than rest of wing ; a rather 



