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Otiophora clavifera. 

 Plonea clavifera, Hmps., P.Z.S., 1889, p. 241. 

 l^.Q., Kuranda, Townsville (Dodd). 



Genus Noorda. 

 In this genus, as I understand it, vein 10 may he either 

 separate or stalked with 8 + 9. It includes the species re- 

 ferred by Sir Geo. Hampson to Clupeosoma and He7?iiscopis. 

 In fact, N. polalis fpolusalis), Wlk., is specifically closely 

 allied to N. suffusalis, Wlk., and to nyctopa, described be- 

 low. The genus is a very natural one, characterised by the 

 form of the labial and maxillary palpi. 



Noorda nyctopa, n. sp. 

 (Nuktopos, dark, gloomy.) 



(S 9) 18-22 mm. Head ochreous-fuscous. Palpi 4; fus- 

 cous. Antennae fuscous; ciliations in d minute. Thorax 

 fuscous. Abdomen fuscous, posteriorly fuscous-whitish. Legs 

 ochreous-whitish ; ant-erior femora and middle tibiae fuscous ; 

 anterior tibiae and tarsi white. Forewings triangular, costa 

 at first straight, then rather strongly arched, apex rounded, 

 termen bowed, oblique; 10 separate; fuscous with a dull- 

 purple lustre; an ochreous-fuscous line, slightly outwardly- 

 curved, at -|; a similar but broader line; its anterior edge 

 suffused, from f costa obliquely outwards, obtusely bent be- 

 neath costa and cui-ved inwards to f dorsum; terminal area 

 fuscous-whitish; a fuscous terminal line; cilia fuscous. Hind- 

 wings with termen rounded; fuscous-whitish; median area 

 fuscous-purple, crossed by an ochreous-fuscous postmedian 

 line, which is more obscurely continued to tornus; a fuscous 

 terminal line; cilia fuscous, on costa, tornus, and dorsum 

 fuscous- whitish . 



Pyrausta violacea, Luc. (P.L.S.N.S.W., 1892, p. 263), 

 may be based on a confusion of this species with the allied 

 suffusalis, Wlk., but the description plainly applies to the 

 latter. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



Q., Sandgate, near Brisbane; Southport; from October 

 to February; the larvae abundant on Wikstroemia indica. 



Noorda rhodopa, n. sp. 

 (Rhoclopos, rosy.) 

 9 , 20 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi 4 ; whitish- 

 ochreous mixed with fuscous. [Antennae broken.] Thorax 

 pale-rosy. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish. Fore- 

 wings elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, apex round- 

 pointed, termen nearly straight, oblique; 10 separate; pale- 



