344 



noctiid.t:. 



short. (loHiu'd liy Mack ; orhicular aiul rciiiforni iiulistiiifdy dtfinod 

 l>y blaik, till- forim-r rather ohlitjue elliptical, the latter with some 

 ■\vhito jioiiits on its outer side ; traces of a Maved medial line : 

 post medial line double, bent outwards below costa, then slif,'htlv 

 waved, slightly nniiled outwards at vein U, then oblique, ditViised 

 whitish ])atehes beyond it between veins 7 and 'J and ab(»ve inner 

 inarjjin and some white points on costa: subterminal line jiale, 

 definecl on each side by blackish. slif,'htly waved, with black streaks 

 beyond it in the interspaces ; cilia with a fine whitish line at base. 

 Hind wing with the basal half brownish white, the terminal half 

 fuscous ; some dark streaks on vein 2 towards terraen ; cilia whitish 

 and fuscous ; the underside white irrorated with fuscous, the terminal 

 area suffused with fuscous, a slight discoidal lunule and ditiused 

 sinuous postmedial line. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with small ochrcons spot on reniform. 



Ab. 2. Fore wing with larger white spot on reniform, and with 

 whitish patches beyond the postmedial line between veins 7 and 2 

 and above inner margin. 



JLifi. AvsTUALiA, ] 2 type ; Queensland, Duaringa (Loiver), 1 2 ; 

 W. Australia {liidianlson), 1 $, Exp. 36-4U millim. 



2515. Euniichtis maida. (Plate CIV. tig. 17.) 



Hadena maida, Dyar, Can. Eiit. xxxvi. )). 30 (1004). 



$. Head and thorax black-brown irrorated with a few whitish 

 scales ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen dark-brown slightly 

 irrorated with grey and suffused with crimson-red at sides. Fore 

 wing fuscous black-brown irrorated with a few white scales 

 especially on the veins, the inner margin tinged with red-brown; 

 no trace of subbasal or antemedial lines ; claviform large, defined by 

 black, acute at extremity ; orbicular oblique oblong, defined by 

 black, open above : reniform defined by black, Avith" sliglit white 

 line on inner side and lunule at centre and prominent lunule on 

 outer edge, its lower edge angled inwards on median nervure; 

 postmedial line obsolete, some white ])oints on apical ])art of costa ; 

 subterminal line represented by a series of slight black marks in 

 the interspaces with white scales on their outer edges, and a more 

 prominent lunule outwardly defined by white in submedian inter- 

 space ; a fine waved black terminal line; cilia with fine white lines 

 at base and middle. Hind wing greyish uniformly suffused with 

 fuscous ; cilia grey mixed with black, with whiti.sh line at base 

 followed by a dark line; the nnderside whitish slightly suffused 

 with purj)lish red and irrorated with fuscous; a black discoidal 

 lunule and postmedial series of minute streaks on the veins. 



Hah. Canada, lir. Columbia, Selkirks, Glacier (J/rs. iV<V/<o/0. 1 $, 

 Ka«lo, E.rp. A2 millim. 



