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Grammodes ocellata, Jlocis alterna, Polydesma lawsoni T 

 Dasypodia selenophora, Tatorhynchus vinctalis, Herse con- 

 volvuli, Acidalia desita, Helhda undalis, Loxostege affinitalis, 

 Maroga unip unctana . 



2. Species which are probably most at home in the dry 

 interior, but extend to the coast, especially to its drier por- 

 tions and in periods of drought. These are Eremochroa 

 alphitias, Polydesma aglossoides, P. ignipicta, and Epicoma 

 argentata. 



3. Species belonging to a fauna characteristic of the 

 interior, where it is probably widespread. I include her& 

 Niguza eucesta ; Aprosita tdothrix, n. g. and sp. ; Parasa 

 rutila, n. sp. ; and more doubtfully Dichromodes, sp. ; Boar- 

 miance, two sp. ; and Goesyra, sp. 



Arctiad^e. — Utetheisa pulchella, Linn. One example. 

 This ubiquitous species is found throughout Australia and 

 nearly the whole Eastern Hemisphere. 



Noctuid^e. — Jeocleptria punctifera, Walk. Two ex- 

 amples. This species occurs throughout Australia, and seems 

 to be common in the interior. I have received it from Cunna- 

 mulla and Adavale in Western Queensland. Chloride a 

 obsoleta, Fab. Several examples, including pale and dark 

 varieties, and one of a pinkish hue. Found throughout Aus- 

 tralia, Java, India, Africa, Europe, North America, and 

 South America. Euxoa radians, Gn. Several examples. 

 Found throughout Australia; also from New Zealand, Nor- 

 folk Island, and Friendly Islands. A grot is spina, Gn. 

 Several examples. Widely distributed in Australia, and 

 adapted to a wide range of climate, for it occurs at Hobart and 

 on Mount Kosciusko (the Bugong moth). I have not yet 

 received it from north of the tropic. Cirphis loreyi, Dup. 

 One example. A common species in Northern Australia and 

 Queensland. I have received it from Cunnamulla. Occurs 

 also in Java, Philippines, India, Syria, Africa, and Europe. 

 Laphygma exigua, Hb. One example. Generally distributed 

 in Australia; also from India, Africa, and Europe. 

 Eremochroa alphitias, Meyr. Several examples. The genus 

 is peculiar to Australia and characteristic of dry country. 

 Five species are known. The present species has a more 

 extended range than the others, and is probably to be found 

 throughout the continent. Niguza eucesta, Turn. One 

 example. This is a rarity. The only other specimen I know 

 of is the female type which I received from Mr. W. W. 

 Froggatt, with the locality Cobar, in western New South 

 Wales. This Central Australian specimen is a male, expand- 

 ing 34 mm., the antennge have fairly long cilia (about as long 

 as the breadth of stalk) arising in tufts. Grammodes. 



