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whitish ochreous ; a large median spot and a hroad terminal band 

 dark-fuscous ; cilia as forewings. 



Type in coll. Relton. 



Queensland, Dulong (Blackall Range); one specimen taken by- 

 Mr. R. H. Relton. 



MOLVENA GUTTALIS. 



Molvena giUtalis, Wlk., Brit. Mus. Cat., XXXIV., p. 1,267. 

 Beyophila militata. Luc, P.R.S.Q., 1898, p. 71. 

 North Queensland, Townsville. Queensland, Brisbane, Kil- 

 larney. 



Sub-fam. Plusian.e. 



Section Sarrothripin^. 



Gen. Amaloptila, nov. 



(Amaloptilos, with feeble wings.) 



Head with appressed scales, a triangular tuft of anteriorly 

 projecting scales on face. Tongue well developed. Palpi stout, 

 loosely scaled, obliquely ascending, not reaching above middle of 

 face ; second joint rather long, terminal joint short, stout, trun- 

 cate. Antennae in male somewhat serrate, with short ciliations(l). 

 Thorax and abdomen not crested. Forewings elongate, obovate ; 

 retinaculum of male bar-shaped : vein 2 from two-thirds, 3 from 

 angle, 4 and 5 approximated at base from well above angle, 6 

 from near upper angle, 7, 8, 9 stalked, 10 free, 11 free, no areole. 

 Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked, 5 closely approximated at origin 

 to 3 4- 4, 6 and 7 separate, 8 anastomosing with cell to middle. 



Amaloptila triorbis, n. sp. 



{Triorbis, bearing three circles.) 



Male, 34 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, and antenn?e whitish-grey^ 

 with a few fuscous scales. Abdomen whitish. Legs, anterior 

 pair whitish-grey, mixed with fuscous — middle and posterior pairs 

 broken. Forewings elongate, obovate, costa strongly arched, 

 apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; whitish-grey, with 

 scattered fuscous scales and markings; a short longitudinal streak 

 from base beneath costa ; a line from one-sixth costa obliquely 

 outwards to fold, thence inwardly curved to one-sixth dorsum ; 

 orbicular and reniform finely outlined ; a third circle in disc 

 beneath and midway between these ; a postmedian line from 

 costa at two-thirds, with an obtuse posterior projection in disc, 

 thence inwardly oblique to dorsum at three-fifths ; a rather suf- 

 fused subterminal line, indented above and below middle ; 

 suffused longitudinal terminal streaks between veins; cilia 

 whitish-grey. Hindwings with termen slightly sinuate beneath 



