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with Melicleptria, Hb., represented by a solitary European 

 species which I am not able to examine. 



t cistella, Swin. eurhythma, Turn. : Proc. Roy. Soc. 

 Q'land, 1915, p. 21. eodora^ Meyr. cladota, Swin. 

 f mesoleucay Low. : Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1901, p. 640. 

 neurias, Meyr. rhodopolia, Turn. : Ann. Q'land Mus., x., 

 p. 61 (1911). \cramhoides, Gn. osmida, Swin. ionola, 

 Swin. pallida, Butl. ferruginosa, Turn. : I.e., p. 61 (1911), 

 canusina, Swin. aleurota, Low. : Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. 

 Wales, 1901, p. 641. rnorihunda, Gn. ^ ah err an s, Butl. 

 melihaphes, Hmps. 



Canthylidia ep'igrapha, n. sp. ( e7riypa</)09, inscribed). 



9 , 25 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen pale 

 brownish-ochreous. Antennae pale fuscous. Legs whitish- 

 ochreous. Forewings triangular, costa slightly arched, apex 

 round-pointed, termen slightly bowed, scarcely oblique; 

 whitish-ochreous with patchy brownish-ochreous irroration ; 

 a minute blackish dot representing orbicular; reniform fairly 

 large, blackish, somewhat quadrate; claviform obsolete; a 

 suffused blackish interrupted subterminal line; a terminal 

 series of blackish dots on veins; cilia whitish-ochreous. Hind- 

 wings with termen sinuate; whitish-ochreous; a broad, 

 suffused, fuscous, terminal band ; cilia whitish - ochreous. 

 Underside similar but forewings with general fuscous irrora- 

 tion, hindwings with terminal band narrower. 



Allied to (7. cistella, Swin. 



Hab. — Northern Territory: Port Darwin; one specimen, 

 received from Mr. G. F. Hill. 



3. Gen. Neocleptria, Hmps. 



Frons rounded, projecting. Palpi moderately long, 

 porrect; second joint loosely rough-haired beneath; terminal 

 joint short. Thorax and abdomen without crests. Anterior 

 tibiae longer than first tarsal joint, with a terminal pair of 

 clavv^s, and no spines. Middle and posterior tibiae with many 

 spines; posterior tibiae hairy on dorsum. Neuration normal. 



Differs from Ileliothis in the absence of spines on anterior 

 tibiae. 



pun ct if era, AVlk. 



4. Gen. Heliothis, Ochs. 

 Frons rounded, projecting. Palpi moderately long, 

 porrect; second joint loosely rough-haired beneath; terminal 

 joint short. Thorax and abdomen without crests. Anterior 

 tibiae longer than first tarsal joint, with a terminal pair of 

 claws, and spines on sides. Middle and posterior tibiae with 



