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appressed to frons, reaching vertex; second joint smooth, but 

 rough on anterior edge, strongly dilated anteriorly towards 

 apex; terminal joint short. Thorax not crested. Abdomen 

 hairy, more so in male, without crests. Posterior tibiae hairy 

 on dorsum. Forewings normal. Hindwings with cell over J; 

 5 from well below middle (J). 



Apart from the peculiar male characters this genus is 

 sufficiently distinguished by the palpi combined with the 

 origin of vein 5 of hindwings. 



reclusa, Wlk. 



41. Gen. Caradrina, Ochs. 



Frons not projecting. Palpi moderate, ascending; second 

 joint slightly roughened anteriorly; terminal joint short. 

 Thorax not crested, or with very slight rudiments only of 

 crests. Abdomen without crests. Posterior tibiae hairy on 

 dorsum. Neuration normal. 



As thus defined this is undoubtedly .a very large and 

 cosmopolitan genus, but I do not see any safe way of dividing 

 it. Hampson for some unexplained reason has dropped the 

 name Caradrma, and substituted for it Athetis, Hb., charac- 

 terized by the presence of an anterior thoracic crest. Of this 

 I can find no trace in the two Australian species obtnsa and 

 maculatra, though a rudiment of it may be found in some 

 extra- Australian species, to which they appear allied. Tlie 

 great majority of those given beneath he ascribes to Ariathisa, 

 Wlk., characterized by small paired posterior thoracic crests. 

 These are sometimes present in a rudimentary form, but if I 

 had to rely on them for a criterion I should have to exclude 

 many species from the genus, and concerning others I should 

 be in doubt. I conclude that they cannot be depended on 

 for generic definition. 



ohtusa, Hmps. maculatra, Low. passalota, Turn. 

 exundans, Gn. f ochroleuca, Low. pelosticta, Low. 

 ■\cornuta, Low. ^ euchi'oa, Low. ^angasi, Feld. ama- 

 thodes, Turn, tortisigna, Wlk.; of this chrysospila, Low., is 

 a synonym, f paragypsa, Low. f gypsina, Low. paratorna, 

 Low. ^ chionopasta, Hmps. cyanoloma, Low. caUimera, 

 Low. t etoniana, Low. hydraecioides, Gn. marginalise 

 Wlk. microspila, Low. jatmoscopa, Low. confinis, Wlk.; 

 of this I think basisticha, Turn., and nycteris, Turn., are 

 synonyms, poliocrossa, Turn, porphyrescens, Low. bisfri- 

 gula, Wlk. capularis, Gn. atra, Gn. f microdes. Low. 

 f atrisquamata, Low. cryphaea, Turn, f heterogama, Low. 

 monochroa^ Low. f adelphodes, Low. leucosticta, Turn, 

 f interferens, Wlk. flexirena, Wlk. f adelopa, Hmps. 

 acallis, Turn. mdanographa, Turn. ophiosema, Turn. : 



