664 NOCTUID &. 
7124. Armactica columbina. 
Armactica columbina, W1k. xxxili. 808 (1865). 
Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with greyish; pectus 
yellowish white; tibize and tarsi suffused with brown, the tarsl 
with whitish rings; abdomen orange-yellow, the ventral surface 
white except at extremity. Fore wing leaden-grey irrorated with 
large brown scales to the postmedial line, the terminal area 
suffused with red-brown; antemedial line brown, excurved below 
costa and slightly incurved below the cell; a small round or 
Fig. 275.—Arnaclica columbina, 3. }. 
elliptical black discoidal spot with two silvery blue points on it ; 
postmedial line brown, excurved from costa to vein 4, then 
ineuryed ; subterminal Jine white defined on inner side by red- 
brown, expanding into a triangular mark at cesta, excurved to 
vein 5, then incurved ; a series of small black spots with silvery 
blue centres from below costa to above vein 2 just before termen ; 
cilia brown with a fine whitish line at base. Hind wing yellow; 
a rather diffused brown band just before termen ; the cilia with 
patches of brown at apex and middle. 
Hab. QunEnstand, Moreton Bay (Diggles), 1 3 type, Brisbane 
(Turner), 1 d,2 2; N. Avsrratra, Port Darwin (Buckland), 19; 
W. Avusrratra, Sherlock R. (Clements), 3 gd, 1 Q. Exp. 30-40 
millim. 
7125. Armactica andreusi. n. sp (Plate CXCI. fig. 21.) 
Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with grey; pectus 
whitish ; tibie and tarsi suffused with brown, the tarsi ringed with 
whitish ; abdomen orange-yellow, some brown at extremity of 
anal tuft, the ventral surface whitish except towards extremity. 
Fore wing leaden-grey irrorated with large brown scales to the 
postmedial line, the termen tinged with red-brown ; an ill-defined 
curved dark antemedial line; a small black discoidal spot with 
silvery-blue centre, touching or almost touching the rather diffused 
dark postmedial line which is excurved from costa to vein 4, then 
incurved; subterminal line slight, defined on outer side by a 
wedge-shaped white patch from costa and by some white from 
below vein 4 to inner margin, excurved to vein 5, then incurved ; 
black spots with silvery-blue centres just before termen below 
veins 8, 4,3; cilia brown, Hind wing yellow, the terminal area 
