1899.] OF THE SUBFAMILY PYUAUSTIISr^. 231 



ciliated ; tibias with the oilier spurs two-thirds length o£ inner. 

 Fore wing w^ith a large tuft of rough hair on inner margin before 

 middle ; vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 separate at origin ; 

 7 straight and well separated from 8,9. Hind wing with veins 3, 

 4, 5 well separated at origin; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing 

 with 8. 



Type. (1) Ctn^da dextalis Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 120 : & Dup. Lep. Fr. 

 viii. pi. 215. f . 1. Europe ; W. Asia. 



Noctua fulminans Fabr. Ent. Syst. no. 311. 

 Phalcena ramalis Fabr. Ent. Syst. no. 378. . 

 Noctua radiata Esp. iv. p. 374. 



(2) Cyn^;da furiosa Stgr. List, xxxiii. Syria. 



Auctorum. 



Odontia exoticalis Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xviii. p. 191, pi. xi. f. 3. 



W. Indies. 



Genus 138. Mnesicteista. 



Mnesictena Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1884, p. 328. 



Palpi porrect, extending about one and a half times length of 

 head, triangularly scaled, the 3rd joint hidden by hair ; maxillary 

 palpi strongly dilated with scales ; frons rounded ; antennae of 

 male minutely ciliated ; tibiee with the outer spurs two-thirds 

 length of inner. Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 

 4, 5 separate at origin ; 7 straight and well separated from 8, 9. 

 Hind wing with the median nervure loosely pectinated ; vein 3 

 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 separate at origin ; 6, 7 from upper 

 angle, 7 anastomosing with 8. 



Fig. 138. 



Mnesictena quadralis, cJ . {. 



Type. (1) Mnesictena qtjadhams Doubl. Dieff. N. Zeal. i. p. 288. 



New Zealand. 

 „ marmorina Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1884, p. 329. 



(2)tMHESiCTENA NOTATA Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 493. New Zealand. 



(3) Mnesictena elavidalis Doubl. Dieff. N. Zeal. i. p. 287. 

 fScopiila dipsascdis Wlk. xviii. 796. New Zealand. 



Boiys otagalis Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 134. f. 35. ■ 



