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9. Anthela ELIZABETHA. 



Odonestis elizahclhu, White, Grey's Discovery in Australia, ii., Appendix, p. 

 478. — Darala rubescens, Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., xxxii., p. 370. 



c?. 44 — 50 mm. Head brown or ochreous-gTey-whitish ; face and palpi 

 brown. Antennae ochreous-wbitish; pectinations fuscous. Thorax brown or 

 ochreous grey-whitish. Abdomen pale-ochreous. Legs brown. Forewings .trian- 

 gular, costa nearly straight, apex tolerably pointed, termen bowed, not oblique; 

 ochreous-grey-whitish, sometimes brownish-tinged; sometimes a subterminal series 

 of ochreous-fuscous dots (but these are absent in two out of three examples) ; 

 cilia concolorous. Hindwings with 11 absent; termen nearly straight, apex 

 broadly rounded; pale redilish; cilia ochreous-grey-whitish or concolorous. 



There are three examples, including l)otli White's and Walker's types, in 

 the British Museum. The latter is an example with brown head and thorax 

 and slightly brownish forewings. The wing shape of this species is charac- 

 teristic. 



W. Aust. : Albany. 



10. Anthela linopepla,* n.sp. 



?. 45 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi lA; fuscous. Antennae whit/C; 

 pectinations fuscous-tinged. Abdomen white; dorsum of second and penulti- 

 mate segments ochreous-tinged. Legs wliitish; anterior pair pale-fuscous. Fore- 

 wings triangular, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen bowed, oblique; 

 white; a narrow fuscous costal streak from base to apex; cilia whit«. Hind- 

 wings with termen slightly rounded; 6 and 7 connate, 11 present; white; cilia 

 white. Underside similar. 



N. Aust.: Thirty miles east of Darwin, in April; one specimen re- 

 ceived from Mr. G. F. Hill. 



11. Axthela neueospasta. 



Anthela neurospasta Turn., Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust., 1902, p. 182. — A. 

 ochroneura Turn., Proc. Roy. Soc. Q'land., 1915, p. 25. 



(?. 36 mm. Head and thorax whitish. Palpi 2; pale-ochreous. Antennae 

 white; pectinations fuscous. Abdomen pale-ochreous, tuft and undereide whitish. 

 Legs whitish ; anterior and middle pairs fuscous anteriorly. Forewings broadly 

 triangular, costa straight, apex obtusely rounded, termen bowed, scarcely oblique ; 

 whitish, with ochreous-brown interneural streaks; in dark examples the white 

 is reduced to little more tlian streaks on veins; cilia whitish. Hindwings with 

 termen rounded; 6 and 7 connate, 11 absent; as forewings. Underside similar, 

 but with dark colouring more broadly suffused. 



N. Aust.: Stapleton; N.W. Aust.: Wyndham. (The locality Cooktown was 

 probably based on an error.) 



12. Anthela ferruginosa. 



Anthela ferruginosa Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., iv., p. 854. — Darala parra 

 Wlk., ib., iv., p. 892.— D. minuta Swin., Cat. Oxf. Mus., i., p. 210. 



c?. 26 — 34 mm. ?. 34 — 38 mm. Head and thorax dark-reddish, sometimes 

 rather paler. Falpi 2\; reddish, terminal joint whitisi-ochreous. Antennae 

 whitish; pectinations fuscous. Abdomen more or less reddish. Legs reddish; 



*Xivo7CE7cXo(;, clothed in linen. 



