GO4 NOCTUID.E. 
i‘, Fore wing with more or less brown in cell. 
a, Fore wing with more or less violaceous 
white suffusion. 
a®. Fore wing without triangular white 
patch on ecsta beyond the postmedial 
line. 
a’, Hind wing pure white with terminal 
fuscous brown band .............0ceeees gloriosa. 
b7, Hind wing more or less tinged with 
brown. 
a’. Fore wing with dark patches defined 
by white in and below end of cell. 
a®, Fore wing with the white mark- 
ings distinct and without a 
uniform silvery gloss............+0. superba, 
)°, Fore wing with a uniform silvery 
gloss except on inner basal area, 
the white markings indistinct... argentea. 
b’, Fore wing with diffused oblique 
dark band from discal fold in end 
of cell to inner margin............-.. triangularis. 
<8, Fore wing without medial dark 
patches or band. 
a’, Fore wing with the orbicular 
present and defined by white... cuprea. 
b°, Fore wing with the orbicular 
Fil SES GonoagosoocoanaKa5o0c80e Bopnenne CAPRI IKE 
/®, Fore wing with triangular white patch 
on costa beyond postmedial line. 
a’, Fore wing with white spot on outer 
edge of postmedial line at vein 2... anchorita. 
7, Fore wing without white spot on outer 
edge of postmedial line at vein 2 ... goodi. 
9, Fore wing without violaceous white suffusion. 
a®, Fore wing witb oblique elliptical discoidal 
spot with pale annulus.........seeesseeeeerees areogramint. 
b', Fore wing without discoidal spot............ convergens. 
22, Fore wing witn chocolate-brown postmedial patch 
from costa to submedian fold .............:eeeeeeneee ediplaga. 
}1, Fore wing with chocolate-brown cornucopia- 
shaped patch on terminal area. 
a2, Fore wing with the lower extremity of the cornu- 
copia-shaped patch ending on vein 1...... ah den03% celisigna. 
b?, Fore wing with the lower extremity of the cornu- 
copia-shaped patch extending to inner margin... cornucopid. 
}. Fore wing with fiery-red patch on postmedial area 
BELOW GOSEAR ere stecs nests doce betel elneists enrattoneteisitertacsites ace seiiee picta, 
7022. Vestermannia argentata. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 28.) 
Westermannia argentata, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 396. 
Head and thorax pure white; fore femora above and tibiw at 
sides brownish; abdomen white dorsally slightly tinged with 
brown. Fore wing uniform silvery white. Hind wing semi- 
hyaline white tinged with brown especially on the veins and 
terminal area. Underside of fore wing suffused with brown, the 
costa brownish white. 
Hab. QueEnstanpd, Peak Downs, 1 ¢ type; N. Ausrraura, Port 
Darwin (Buckland), 1 9. Hap. 36 millim. 
