1 28 NOCTTTIDiE. 



* 5 1 i 15. Eublemma pulvinariae. 



Thalpochares pulvinarits, Oliff. Agric. Gaz. N.S. Wales, iii. p. 179 (1892), 

 & iv. p. 685, plate, f. 2. 



2 . Head, antenna), and tegulae pale brownish ochreous ; thorax 

 pale ash-grey ; abdomen silvery grey ; legs white, the tibiae and tarsi 

 irrorated with brownish ochreous. Fore wing pale glossy silvery 

 grey very indistinctly irrorated with pale brownish ochreous ; 

 antemedial, medial, and postinedial lines brownish ochreous, 

 excurved below costa, then oblique, the postmedial line somewhat 

 incurved below vein 4 and with a diffused brownish ochreous 

 mark beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series 

 of black points, confluent towards apex to which it is bent outwards ; 

 cilia reddish ochreous. Hind wing pale fuscous grey, ochreous 

 white at base and inner margin, the termen darker; the underside 

 silvery white slightly irrorated with fuscous except at base and 

 inner margin. 



Hab. N. S. Wales, Murray R., Wentworth. Ecp. 22 millim. 

 This species is unknown to me. 



Larva. Yellowish white, the head and thoracic plate red-brown ; 

 feeds on the eggs, adult females and ovisacs of the salt-bush scale, 

 Pulvinaria masJcelli. xii. 



5166. Eublemma glaucochroa. (Plate CLII. fig. IS.) 

 Eublemma glaucochroa, Turner ined. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish mixed with rufous; pectus 

 and ventral surface of abdomen whiter. Fore wing greyish suffused 

 with rufous and thickly irrorated with black ; antemedial line 

 whitish, incurved below submedian fold : a whitish medial line, 

 oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then slightly incurved; 

 postmedial line whitish, excurved at middle; subterminal line 

 indistinct, whitish, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; 

 a tine dark terminal line; cilia with a faint whitish line at base. 

 Hind Ming whitish tinged and irrorated with reddish brown 

 especially on terminal half; a fine dark terminal line ; the under- 

 side white faintly tinged with rufous and irrorated with black 

 except on inner area, traces of diffused, curved postmedial and 

 subterminal linos. 



Hab. Queensland {Arnold), 1 J , 1 $ . Exp. -20 millim. 

 Type t in Coll. Turner. 



5167. Eublemma silicula . (Plate CLII. fig. 19.) 

 Eublemma silicula, Swinh. A. M.N. H. (6) xix. p. 167 (1897). 



Head and tegulae rufous ; thorax and abdomen white tinged with 

 rufous ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore 

 wing white thickly irrorated with rufous, the terminal area suffused 

 with rufous, the costal edge white; a slight brown subbasal line 



