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ON Some Moths from Lord Howe and Norfolk 

 Islands in the South Australian Museum. 



By A. Jefferis Turner, M.D., F.E.S. 



[Read June 14, 1917.] 



The following species of moths were taken by Mr. A. M. 

 tLea on a recent collecting trip to Lord Howe and Norfolk 

 Islands and were sent for determination : — 



From, Lord Howe Island. 



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Family ARCTIADAE. 



Nov. yen. (?) et sp. Eight examples. 



Chlamidia, n. sp. Two male examples. Nearly allied 

 to the Australian Ctdamidki hirta, Wlk. 

 Philenora, n. sp. One example. 



Family NOCTUIDAE. 



Spodoptera mauritia, Bdv. One example. Common 

 throughout the Eastern tropics. 



Sericea spectrins, Gu. One example. Common in the 

 coastal regions of Queensland and New South Wales. 



Ophideres salaminia, Fab. One example. Common in 

 Queensland and throughout the Oriental region. 



II ydr diodes lentalis, Gu. Two examples. 



Simplicia robustalis, Gu. One example. Common in 

 Queensland and throughout the Oriental region. 



Dichromia quinqualis, Wlk. Two examples. A common 

 Queensland species. 



Hy pence masuricdis, Gu. Five examples. 



Hypena sylplia, Butl. Two examples. I know this 

 species only from Southern Queensland, where it does not 

 appear to be common. 



Family GEOMETRIDAE. 



Cidaria f (1) sp. One female example. 

 Br achy cola, ( ?) sp. One female example. 

 Boarmia inflexaria, Snel. One female example. Also 

 from Queensland, New Guinea, and the Malay Peninsula. 



Family PYRALIDAE. 



Epicrocis sablignalis, Wlk. One example. A very com- 

 mon species in Queensland and New South Wales. 



Tirathaba rufivena, Wlk. One male example. Also 

 known from Queensland, New Guinea, Borneo, Ceylon, and 

 India. 



