98 NocTuiDji:. 



6^. Fore wing with postmeclial series of dark points on the 

 veins. 



d^. Fore wing without terminal series of points aleiirota. 



})'. Fore wing with terminal series of dark points aherrans. 



154. Melicleptria cistella. (Plate LVII. fig. 11.) 



Cantlnjlidia cistella, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) viii. p. 127 (1901). 



2 . Ochreous white ; antennae, thorax, and abdomen dorsally 

 tinged with brown. Pore wing with straight diffused brownish 

 antemedial line ; claviform, orbicular, and reniform prominent, 

 black, usually with white centres, the 1st short, the 2nd elliptical 

 or small, the last open above and below ; a pale brown postmedial 

 line, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; 

 the subterminal line with diffused fuscous on its inner edge, angled 

 outwards at vein 7, interrupted at discal fold and excurved below 

 it ; termen brownish, with series of black points. Hind wing whiter, 

 with diffused brownish subterminal band expanding to termen at 

 apex. Underside of fore wing with the orbicular, reniform, and 

 postmedial band blackish. 



Hah. W. Atjstealia, Sherlock E. {Clements), 4 2 . Exp. 

 24 millim. Type t in Mus. Oxon. 



155. Melicleptria eodora. (Plate LVII. fig. 12.) 



Heliothis eodora, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1902, p. 26. 



Canthylidia tenuistria. Turner, Proc. Linu. Soc. N. S. W. 1902, p. 79. 



Head and thorax whitish tinged with pink ; abdomen whitish, 

 dorsally suffused with ochreous. Pore wing flesh-red, suffused with 

 purplish pink and white except the terminal area ; the costal edge 

 and inner margin white ; a narrow yellowish-white fascia from 

 middle of cell to termen, slender streaks above veins 7, 6, and 4, 

 and traces of a streak in base of submedian fold. Hind wing 

 yellowish white, the terminal area suffused with brown extending 

 inwards to below the cell. Underside of fore wing suffused with 

 pale brown. 



Hah. Queensland, Brisbane (Turnry), 1 c? , 1 $; W.Australia, 

 Sherlock K. (Clements), 1 d , 2 $ ; N. S. AVales, typef c^ in Coll. 

 Mevrick. Ejq^. 32 millim. Type f tenuistria in Coll. Turner. 



156. Melicleptria cladota. (Plate LVII. fig. 13.) 



Heliocheilus cladotus, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) viii. p. 126 (1901). 



Head and thorax pale yellow-brown, with some white on vertex 

 of head and metathorax ; pectus white ; legs pale brown and white ; 

 abdomen white, dorsally tinged with yellow-brown. Pore wing 

 pale yellow-brown, with white fascia; on costal area, through the 

 cell to termen, and in submedian interspace ; a series of white spots 



