48S NOCTUID^. 



b'-. Foro wing without blackisli fascia on median 

 ncrviire. 

 «■■'. Fore wing witli tlie veins defined bj fine brown 



streaks ucla. 



li^. Fore wing with tlie veins not defined by brown 

 streaks. 

 «'. Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous 



tinged with ni Ions or grey uhdominalis. 



b*. Fore wing with tlie ground-colour pale grey- 

 brown adjuncta. 



c*. Fore wing with the ground-colour deep 



purple reil leiicosta. 



1842. Cirphis diatrecta. 

 Leucania diatrecta, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 390. 



Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; patagia with blackish streak 

 near upper edge ; abdomen whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing 

 brownish ochreous sparsely irrorated with black ; the costal edge 

 whitish ; a somewhat diffused blackish fascia along median nervure 

 and below vein 5 to near termen, with a white point on it at lower 



Fig. 151. — Cirphis diatrecta, J. 



angle of cell and a black point in lower angle ; a black fascia on 

 inner margin from before middle to tornus ; the terminal area 

 darkened by obscure streaks in the interspaces ; a terminal series of 

 black points. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged 

 with brown ; the cilia brown or reddish from apex to vein 2 ; the 

 underside with the costal area and the apical half of terminal area 

 tinged with vinous red and irrorated with brown. 



Hah. QaEENSLAND, Peak Downs, 1 5 ^yp^, Brisbane (Turner), 

 2 d" , 2 $ . Exp. 30 millim. 



1843. CirpMs uda. (Plate XCI. fig. 23.) 



Leucania uda, Gncn. Koct. i. p. 80 (1852). 



Leucania curta, Wlk. xxxii. 627 (1865). 



Leucania stenograplia, Lower, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. xxv. p. 30 (1900). 



$ . Pale brownish ochreous ; fore legs fuscous in front ; abdomen 

 with sublatcral series of black points, the ventral surface irrorated 

 with black. Fore wing finely irrorated with black, the costal 

 edge whitish ; traces of an antemedial line obIi(iue from costa to 

 above inner margin, where it is angled ; median nervure slightly 



