new Til} ridi'Uu and Pyralidiu. I. '5') 



(2.) Spectrotrota nonna/is, sp. n. 



INIalc witliout secondary sexual characters; i'orc wing in 

 botli sexes with veins l, 5 stalked, 3 from cell. 



Head and thorax rufous ; pectus, legs, and abdomen 

 M'hitish thickly irroratcd with rufous ; tarsi ringed with 

 white. Fore wing i)ale rufous thickly irroratcd with dark 

 rufous; a rather diit'used sinuous dark anteaiedial line bent 

 inwards to costa ; a diffused sinuous postmedial linCj exeurved 

 and dentate between veins 5 and 2 and angled outwards on 

 vein 1 ; a terminal scries of obscure dark |)oints. Hind wing 

 wiiitish slightly tinged with rufous, the terminal area slightly 

 irroratcd with rufous ; a dark terminal line ; the underside 

 with the costal half thickly irroratcd with rufous, traces of 

 a curved postmedial line. 



Hab. W. Australia, Sherlock R. {Clements), 2 (^, 1 ? 

 type. £,rp. 22 mm. 



(12 a.) Macalla mixtirosalis, sp. n. 



^. Head and thorax clothed with grey-brown and pink 

 scales ; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing pale irroratcd 

 witli pale brown and pink scales ; fonr dark spots on costa ; 

 an indistinct antcmedial line angled below the cell ; a black 

 spot at end of cell ; a dentate fuscous postmedial line 

 oblique from costa to vein 5, exeurved to vein 2, where it 

 is strongly angled inwards, then bent outwards again ; a 

 terminal series of fuscous spots ; cilia pinkish with series of 

 fuscous spots. Hind wing pale fuscous; cilia pale pinkish 

 with fuscous spots. 



Hab. Queensland, Dawson district {Barnard). Exp. 

 28 mm. Types in Coll. Rothschild and B.M. 



(12 Z».) Macalla elau, sp, n. 



(^ . Head and thorax olive-green and brown ; abdomen 

 rufous, with black segmental line on second segment. Fore 

 wing olive-green irroratcd with rufous and fuscous; some 

 suhhasal brown marks; the minutely waved green ante- and 

 postmedial lines defined by dilfused brown bands on eacii 

 side ; a dark discoidal tuft of scales ; the postmcdi.il line 

 f-ligiilly bent outwards between veins 7 and 3, and wiiii 

 diifused black scales on each side it on inner area. Hind 

 wing fuscous ; cilia of both wings pale rufous, with waved 

 dark line through them. 



Hab. Ni:w CJuinea, Fergusson Is. [Mcvk), 1 r{ type. 

 Exp. 26 mm. 



