100 



NOCTUID^. 



the cell to termen. Hind wing- pure white, slightly tinged with 

 pale brown at apex in female. 



Uab. W. Australia, Sherlock 11. {Clements)^ 1 c? , 1 2- Exp., 

 6 28, ? 30 millim. Type t in Mus. Oxon^ 



161. Melicleptria ionola. (Plate LVII. fig. 18.) 



Adisiira ionola, Swinh. A.M. N. H. (7) viii. p. 128 (1901). 



Head and thorax ochreoiis, strongly tinged with rufous ; 

 abdomen ochreous, dorsally tiuged with riifous. Fore wing pale 

 ochreous suffused with dull purplish rose, leaving a fascia of the 

 ground-colour in and beyond cell from before middle to termen 

 and some ochreous on inner margin ; a terminal series of dark 

 points iisually present ; cilia ochreous. Hind wing pale ochreous, 

 suffused with fuscous wholly or on terminal area only. Underside 

 of fore wing ochreous suffused with fuscous, except in cell and on 

 costal and apical areas, the orbicular represented by a small 

 fuscous spot, the reniform by a larger spot. 



J I ah. W. Australia, Sherlock R. (Clemotts), 5 d , 5 5 • Kvp. 

 26-30 millim. Type f in Mus. Oxon. 



162. Melicleptria pallida. 



Canthylidia i^aUida, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 406, pi. is. f. 9. 



Head and thorax white mixed with pale brown ; abdomen 

 white, dorsally tinged with ochreous. Fore wing white, thickly 

 irrorated with pale grey-brown and with more or less distinct 



Fig. 32. — Melicleptria 'pallida ^ ^ 



traces of a white fascia from middle of cell to termen. Hind 

 wing white ; the terminal area suffused with fuscous brown, 

 less prominently towards tornus. 



Hah. N. Australia, Baudin I. (J". J. WaRer), 1 2 ; ^^^- Aus- 

 tralia, Sherlock E. (Clements), 7^,5$; Queensland, Brisbane 

 (Turner), 1 J , 1 ? , Gayndah, 2 d , type. Ex/). 26-30 millim. 



163. Melicleptria canusina. (Plate LVII. fig. 19.) 



Canthylidia canusina, Swinh. A.M. N. H. (7) viii. p. 127 (1901). 



Head and thorax white mixed with grey-brown and with a 

 slight yellowish tinge ; abdomen white, dorsally tinged with ochreous. 



