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OXYCOPHINA THEORINA. 



Siculodes fenestrata, Pagen., Nass., Jahr, f. Nat., 1888, p. 

 183. 

 Also from Amboyna. 



Gen. Trophoessa. 



I .based this genus on the stalking of veins 9 and 10 in the fore- 

 wings, but examination of a series shows that this is inconstant; 9 

 and 10 may arise separately. The genus must therefor© be dropped, 

 .and probably the type species must be merged with the following. 



Striglixa myrtaea. 



Phalaena (Noctua), myrtaea Drury Ins. Exot. ii., p. 4, pi. 



ii., f. 3 (1773). 

 Thermesia fenestrina, Feld, Reise, Nov., pi. 117, f. 2. 

 Striglina clathrula, Gn., Ann. Soc, Ent., Fr., 1877, p. 285. 

 Durdara fenestrata, Moore, P.Z.S., 1883, p. 27, pi. vi., f. 6. 

 Microsca plagifera, Butl., Tr. E.S., 1886, p. 420. 

 Durdara ovifera, Butl., P.Z.S., 1892, p. 129, pi. vi., f. 7. 

 Letchena satelles, Warr., Nov., Zool., 1906, p. 64. 

 Trophoessa daphoena, Turn., Ann., Q. Mus., 1911, p. 99. 

 N.Q., Cairns. Also from the Archipelago, India, and Mauritius. 



Striglina citrodes, n. sp. 



(^ 24 mm. Head, palpi, and antennae pale-brownish. Thorax 

 pale-yellow; tegulae pale-brownish. Abdomen pale-brownish; basal 

 and apical segments pale-yellow. Legs brownish; posterior pair and 

 apical half of middle tibiae pale-yellow. Forewings triangular, costa 

 nearly straight, apex acute, termen slighly bowed, slightly oblique; 7 

 and 8 short-stalked; very pale yellow, with faintly darker strigulae 

 forming indistinct transverse lines; costal edge and strigulae brown, 

 with four elongate brown spots beyond middle, the last apical; a 

 fine brown line from second costal spot, at £ to f dorsum; cilia 

 pale-yellow. Hindwings with termen very slightly rounded; colour, 

 irregular lines of strigulae and cilia as forewings. Underside similar, 

 but strigulae brown and more distinct, post-median line of forewings 

 broadened into an irregular fascia. 



The stalking of 7 and 8 of forewings would put this in Hampson's 

 genus, Plagiosella, but the stalking is very short on one side, and may 

 not be constant. Taking the neurational variation of the preceding 

 species into consideration, it appears safer to regard this as a Strig- 

 Una. 



Q., Mount Tambourine, in November; one specimen. 



Striglina myrsalis. 



Pyralis myrsusalis, Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., xix. p. 892. 



Letchena elaralis, Wlk., ib. xix., p. 901. 



Pyralis idalialis, Wlk., ib. xix., p. 903. 



Siculodes cinereola, Feld., Reise, Nov., pi. 134, fig. 8. 



