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and above inner margin ; orbicular and reniform small with some 

 fuscous in centres and slight greyish annuli slightly defined by 

 black, the former round ; medial shade indistinct, oblique from 

 costa to lower angle of cell, then waved ; postmedial line black,, 

 excurved, minutely waved, incurved in submedian interspace ; sub- 

 terminal line indistinct, dark, slightly waved, excur^^ed at middle 

 and incurved below vein 3, the area beyond it paler brown ; a 

 terminal series of slight black lunules. Hind wing deep fuscous 

 brown ; the underside pale brownish grey thickly irrorated with 

 black, a black spot in cell near base, a large discoidal lunule and 

 curved diffused postmedial line. 



Hah. N. ZEALAjfD, Marlborough Province (Skellon), 1 c? type, 

 Exp. 32 millim. 



Sect. II. Anteniife of male minutely ciliated. 



A. Hind wing white with terminal black band, tlie base tinged 



with brown mclaleuca. 



B. Hind wing black-brown. 



a. Hind wing with broad medial white band extending to 



inner margin celloggi. 



b. Hind wing with postmedial white patch on costal area, 



sometimes extending to vein 2. 



a}. Fore wing largely irrorated with white laiyponiea. 



b^. Fore wing slightly irrorated with white zetterstedti, 



c. Hind wing wholly black-brow2i above. 



a^. Fore wing wholly suffused with black-brown except 



terminal area , nigrita. 



h^. Fore wing with the medial area only suffused with 



black-brown funesta. 



2609. Sympistis melaleuca. 



ISocUia melaleuca, Thnbg. Diss. Ent. ii. p. 42, f. 12 (1791) ; Stand. Cat, Lep. 



pal. p. 218; Smith, Oat. Noct. N. Am. p. 292. 

 J^ochia leucuptera, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 189. f. 3 (1796). 

 Noctiia moesta, Hiibu. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 357 (1827); Dup. Lep. Fr. 



Yii. p. 291, pi. 118. f. 3. 

 Anarta bicycla. Pack. Proc. Post. Soc. N. H. si. p. 41 (1867). 



Head and thorax clothed with black and white hair and scales ; 

 tarsi with whitish rings ; abdomen clothed with black-brown and 



Fig. 141. — Sympistis melaleuca, (^ . \. 



white hair. Fore wing brown and black thickl}- irrorated with 

 white ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; 

 antemedial line single, oblique, waved, more strongly excurved in 



