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Var. a. — Forewiugs with a darker basal patch sharply 

 limited by a very oblique line from J costa towards, but not 

 reaching, tornus. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q., Kuranda, in February and March; two specimens 

 received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



ESTHLODORA CYANOSPILA, U. Sp. 



(Kitanospilos, with bluish spots.) 

 c? , 16 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen whitish- 

 grey with a few scattered dark-fuscous scales. Antennae 

 whitish-grey; in (S simple, with moderate ciliations (1). Legs 

 whitish-grey tinged with reddish; tarsi grey. Forewings tri- 

 angular, costa straight almost to apex, then arched, apex 

 acute, termen with an acute dentate projection on vein 4 ; 

 whitish-grey, with some scattered brownish and fuscous 

 scales ; a suffused reddish spot on base of dorsum, more or less 

 developed, sometimes reduced to a few scales; a straight fus- 

 cous line from f costa to f dorsum, sometimes faint, sometimes 

 strongly developed ; a pair of dark-fuscous discal dots arranged 

 transversely immediately beyond this line; a whitish dentate 

 subterminal line edged posteriorly with dark scales, more or 

 less developed, sometimes pure white towards costa; a reddish- 

 fuscous terminal line, thickened between veins; cilia reddish- 

 fuscous, bases ochreous. Hindwings with termen nearly 

 straight towards apex, slightly dentate on veins 2, 3, 4, deeply 

 incised at tornus ; reddish-fuscous, towards costa whitish-grey ; 

 a number of bluish-white spots; first and largest in mid-disc 

 before middle, a median transverse series more or less con- 

 fluent, and a double series before termen ; cilia reddish-fus- 

 cous. Under side reddish-fuscous; forewing except towards 

 costa and termen ochreous with reddish irroration. 

 Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q., Kuranda, in March and May; two specimens re- 

 ceived from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Family PYRALID^. 

 Subfamily PYRAUSTIN^. 

 This group is very largely represented on the North 

 Queensland coast, as is the case in all the tropical 

 regions of the Eastern Hemisphere. Many of the species 

 have a very extensive range, and the synonymy is thereby com- 

 plicated. The classification of the genera is a task which, after 

 having paid some attention to the subject, I prefer not to 

 undertake at the present time. I include in this group the 

 Hydrocampinae and Scoparianae of Hampson. The former, as 

 he defines it, I do not regard as in any sense a natural group, 



