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336 NITOCRIS. By W. Warren. 
airisqua- N. atrisquamata Lower (29 k). Forewing dull grey brown irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line double, 
main, the inner arm black, waved to submedian fold; inner line double, the outer arm black, irregularly waved; 
orbicular stigma a pale point; reniform small, quadrate, blackish with grey edges, placed on the indistinct 
waved median line; outer line indistinct, doidde, waved, incurved below vein 3; subterminal line sinuous with slight 
black streaks before it at middle; hindwing pale brown; underside whitish with cellspot and brownish apical 
albircna. patch; in ab. albirena ah. nov. (= ab. 1 Hmps.) the forewing has a small white spot on the outer edge of the 
reniform stigma. Victoria and Tasmania. 
cryphaea. N. cryphaea Trnr. (29 k). Forewing grey tinged with rufous, especially on terminal area, and slightly 
irrorated with black; double black subbasal striae from costa; inner line double at costa, waved, oblique; 
orbicular stigma a small grey brown edged spot; reniform a diffused rufous spot; median line blackish, angled 
in middle; outer line obscurely double, with slight black streaks on the veins beyond the inner arm, inangled 
on both folds; subterminal line defined only by blackish clouding on inner side; hindwing grey tinged with fus¬ 
cous; underside white tinged with brown, the costal area irrorated with black, the apical area suffused with 
alterata. fuscous; in ab. aiferata ab. nov. (= ab. 1 limps.) the rufous shades are lost in the stronger fuscous tinge; forewing 
with the median shade stronger; hindwing with the underside whiter, the apical area with less black suffusion. 
Victoria. 
hdero- N. heterogama Lower (29 i). <$. Forewing reddish ochreous irrorated with black; subbasal black striae 
yama. f rom cos ta and cell; inner line black, oblique, waved; orbicular stigma a minute reddish spot; reniform a 
small reddish lunule inwardly defined by brown; a blackish angled median line; outer hue slight, blackish, 
out-bent below costa, then denticulate, incurved below 4, and inangled on submedian fold; subterminal line 
slight, pale, with black suffusion on inner side; a row of terminal black dots; hindwing white, the veins and 
apical part of termen tinged with brown; in the $ the head and thorax are fuscous and white; the forewing is 
suffused with fuscous and white, the terminal half of inner margin and the terminal area less suffused. Broken 
Hill, N. S. Wales. 
monochroa. N. monochroa Lower (29 k). Forewing rufous with slight grey irroration; a blackish subbasal striga 
from costa; inner line blackish, oblique from costa to submedian fold, there angled and inwardly oblique; 
orbicular stigma a white dot; reniform small, faintly defined by black; outer line blackish, out-bent below 
costa, then denticulate, oblique below 4 and inangled on sub median fold; subterminal line not indicated; a 
obscura. series of black striae along termen; hindwing pale reddish brown; in the ab. obscura ab. nov. { = ab. 1 Hmps.) 
the forewing with the head and thorax is suffused with fuscous; the orbicular is defined by some black scales, 
the reniform is filled in with blackish, and the hindwing is darker; the $ in the fore wing has the reniform 
white with brown line in middle, its lower extremity produced; the subterminal line in some cases represented 
by a series of white marks slightly defined by brown on inner side; the hindwing whiter. This $ may belong 
to some other species. Victoria and S. Australia. The abdomen of the <$ bears lateral tuft-s of long brown hair 
from base. 
adelphodes. N. adelphodes Lower (29 i). Forewing white irrorated and suffused with bright rufous; subbasal black 
spots below costa and cell; inner line obscurely double, filled in with white, and with black spot on outer arm 
ad- costa and submedian fold, oblique and waved; orbicular stigma small, round, pure white ringed with black; 
reniform a small square pure white spot, with black marks on inner and outer sides; outer line slight, blackish, 
outwardly defined by white ,of the usual shape; subterminal line whitish, inwardly defined by slight- dentate 
black marks; a terminal row of black dots; hindwing pure white. Broken Hill, N. S. Wales. 
Icucosiida. N. leucosticfa Trnr. (29 k). Forewing dull reddish brown with a purple tinge and irrorated with black, 
especially on the veins; a slight streak of white scales in base of cell; inner line black, double at costa, edged on 
inner side with greyish, waved and slightly oblique; orbicular stigma a minute Avhit-e dot; reniform a small 
white spot surrounded by black scales; an obscure median line; outer line double at- costa, with black points 
beyond it on the veins, bent out- to just beyond cell, then waved and slightly incurved below vein 4; subt-er- 
minal indistinct, pale with some black scales on inner edge with slight streaks on the veins; black and white 
terminal spots; hindwing brownish grey. Victoria. Described from a single §. 
interfevens. N. interferens Walk. (29 1). Forewing grey suffused with rufous and thickly irrorated with dark brown; 
subbasal line black, edged externally with white; inner line double, black filled in with whitish, angled outwards 
