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Arctiadae — Utetheisa pulchella, Lin.,(?) or pulchel- 

 loides, Hmps.(?) One female example, which might be. 

 referable to either of these widely distributed species, which 

 can be distinguished only by the secondary sexual characters 

 of the male. The latter occurs in the Kermadec Islands and 

 New Zealand. 



Noctuidae — Ophideres fidlonica, Lin. Three examples. 

 Common on the Queensland coast and throughout the Eastern 

 tropics. Has also been taken in New Zealand. Dasy podia 

 cymatodes, Gn. One female example. A common species- 

 in Queensland and New South Wales. 



Sphingidae. — Sphinx convolvuli, Lin. Two examples. 

 Common throughout the Eastern Hemisphere. 



Geometridae — Urolitha bipunctifera, Wlk. One female 

 example. Also from Queensland and New South Wales. 

 I believe the larva feeds on the mango, and it may have been 

 introduced. 



Pyralidae. — Botyodes asiatis, Gn. One example. Wide- 

 spread throughout the Eastern tropics, including New Guinea. 

 I have no record for Queensland, though it should occur 

 there. 



Family ARCTIADAE. 

 Ilema haploa, n. sp. (a7rXoo9, simple). 



d" , 24-28 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax brown. Anten- 

 nae brown; in male with short ciliations (^) and longer 

 bristles (1). Abdomen whitish-brown. Legs brown. Fore- 

 wings narrow-elongate, somewhat dilated posteriorly; costal 

 margin bent over to form a strong costal fold on under-surface 

 from base to § ; pale brown; cilia pale brown. Hindwings 

 with 6 and 7 coincident ; whitish-ochreous ; cilia whitish- 

 ochreous. 



Although of plain inconspicuous colouring this species 

 appears to be not very closely related to any other in the 

 genus. Eight male examples. 



Calamidia pamphaea, n. sp. (7ra./x</>cuo9 all dusky). 



& , 31 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous-brown. 

 Palpi in male very long (5), ascending; terminal joint longer 

 than second, spathulate; fuscous-brown. [Antennae broken.] 

 Legs fuscous-brown. Forewings elongate, narrowly oval; 

 brown closely irrorated with fuscous; an ill-defined median 

 fuscous spot at | ; cilia fuscous-brown with pale apices. 

 Hindwings and cilia pale fuscous. 



Very near the Australian C. hirta, Wlk., but much: 

 darker and of uniform coloration. Two male examples. 



