280 



Melanothrix pukhricolor. Felder : Reise Nov. Lep., pi. 94, f. 2 (1868). 

 Type. Java, in B. M. 

 a. Penang (Ormerod). 



FAMILY COSSIDJE. 



GENUS STBIGOIDES. Gue*rin : Cuvier's Regne Animal Ins., 



p. 505 (1844). 

 Duomitus. Butler: Ann. Mag. N. H. (5) vi., p. 68 (1880). 



1294. Strigoides strix. 



Phalana-Noctua strix. Linn. : Mus. Lud. Ulr., 377 (1764). 



Syst. Nat, i. 2. 832. 82 (1767). 



Clerck: Icon., pi. 51, f. i (1764). 



Phalana-Bombyx strix. Cramer: Pap. Exot., ii. 77, pi. 145, f. A (1777). 



Bombyx strix. Oliv. : Enc, Meth., v. 56. 120 (1789). 



Xykutes strix. Hiibner : Verz. Schm., p. 195 (1816). 



Cossus strix. Walker: vii. 1521 (1856). 



Piepers and Snellen : Tijd. voor Ent., 1877, p. 22 (larva). 



Zeuzera bubo. Butler : Ann. Mag. N. H. (5), x. p. 228 (1882). 

 Type (bubo). New Britain, in B. M, 



a. Makian, Celebes (3) (Wallace), b. Makessar, Celebes (Wal- 



lace), c. Ternate (3) (Wallace). d ? Bourou. 



1295. Strigoides oeramica. 



Zeuzera ceramica. Walker: xxxii. 587 (1865). 



Duomitus ligneus. Butler : Ann. Mag. N. H. (5), vi. p. 68 (1880). 



111. Typ. Lep. Het., B. M., vi. p. 29, pi. 108, 



f. 3 (1886). 



Cotes and Swinh. : Cat. Moths of India, ii. 234. 1599 



(1887). 



Type (ligneus). Darjiling, in B. M. 

 a. Ceram (type) (Wallace). 

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1296. Strigoides lituratus. 



Cossus lituratus. Don. : Epit. Ins. New Holl., pi. 37 (1805). 



Boisd. : Voy. de 1'Astrolabe, i. Lep. 235. i (1832). 

 Zeuzera liturata. Walker: vii. 1540(1856). 



Xyrena camarina. Herr Schaff. : Lep. Exot. Sp. Nov., i. f. 162 (1853). 

 a. Van Diemen's Land (7). b. Queensland. c. New 



Holland (6). 



1297. Strigoides fuscus. n. sp. 



3 ? Dark pinkish brown, thorax with a broad grey band on each 

 side, internally lined with black, abdomen white at the base, wings 

 covered with transverse blackish strigae. Fore-wings white at the 

 extreme base, a whitish discal spot, from whence there is a whitish 

 streak to the apex and the wing is slightly smeared with white in 



