36 Jefferis Turnei 



EUPLEXIA NIGERBIMA. 



Mamestra nigerrima Gn., Noct. i., 200. 



Q., Gympie, Brisbane, Mt. Tambourine, National Park (2000 ft.), 

 Toowoomba, Killarney; N.S.AV., Ebor, Sydney, Brewarrina; V., Mel- 

 bourne, Moe, Gisborne, Birchip. T., Launceston. Hobart, W.A., 

 Albany, Perth, Bridgetown, Narrogin, 



Gen. Thalatha. 



I find that the distinction given in my key (Tr. R.S., S.A., 1920, 

 p. 140), between this genus and Molvena is untenable; I propose, 

 therefore, to merge these two genera. 



Thalatha melanophrica, n. sp'. 



$ 34 mm. Head white, with a few blackish scales; face with 

 central and lateral blackish dots. Palpi white; second joint blackish, 

 except at base and apex. Antennae ochreous-grey, towards base 

 whitish. Thorax ochreous-white, with some fuscous scales posteriorly. 

 Abdomen ochreous-white, with some fuscous scales; apical segment 

 except tuft mostly dark-fuscous. Legs whitish; tibiae and tarsi annu- 

 lated with blackish. Forewings triangular, costa slightly arched, 

 apex rounded-rectangular, termen bowed, slightly oblique; white, 

 slightly ochreous-tinged; markings blackish; a basal spot; two 

 costal dots near base; sub-basal dots in disc and on dorsum, two fine, 

 parallel, interrupted, crenulate lines from costa before i to dorsum 

 beyond i; a dentate line from costa before middle to dorsum beyond 

 middle, followed by some blackish suffusion; reniform indistinct, 

 partly outlined by blackish marks, broadly oval; a longitudinal 

 streak above dorsum towards tornus, crossed by a short transverse 

 streak; four dots on apical third of costa; a fine, interrupted, irre- 

 gularly dentate line from f costa twice bent outwards and crossing 

 subdorsal streak; beyond this some blackish suffusion; a terminal 

 series of dots, that above middle and that above tornus enlarged; 

 cilia white barred with blackish. Hindwings with termen rounded, 

 slightly wavy; white; towards termen suffused with grey; an Inter- 

 rupted fuscous terminal line; cilia white with some obscure fuscoua 

 dots. 



Q., Clermont, in November; one specimen received from Mr. E. 

 J. Dumigan. 



Subfam. EUTELIANAE. 



Phlegetonia pantabcha, n. sp. 



cT 38-40 mm. Head, brownish-grey. Palpi, 2, terminal joint ^; 

 fuscous with whitish irroration, basal half of second joint fuscous 

 externally. Antennae fuscous. Thorax grey, with a few fuscous 

 scales. Abdomen grey, sometimes suffused with fuscous on dorsum. 

 Legs fuscous, mixed with whitish. Forewings with costa straight, apex 

 obtuse, termen crenulate, obtusely angled on vein 4; basal area dark- 

 grey, with fuscous irroration, sharply defined by a nearly straight 

 line from mid-costa to mid-dorsum; beyond this pale-grey, but suf- 



