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utely irrorated with whitish ; a minute, white, subcostal, discal dot at i ; a fus- 

 cous line from mideosta obliquely outwards, angled inwards beneath eosta, thence 

 slightly inwardly curved, ending on mid-dorsum; a whitish discal spot in this 

 line at angle; two wavy fuscous lines from dorsum before middle to about mid- 

 disc; a faint, very slender, transverse line from J eosta to | dorsum; a faint, 

 fuscous, subterminal line, strongly and coarsely dentate, the large teeth approach- 

 ing near termen ; cilia fuscous, barred with whitish on veins. Hiudwings with 

 termen moderately rounded; 11 present; pale-ochreous, towards base suffused with 

 reddish-ochreous, and beyond middle with fuscous; a broad, straight, fuscous 

 line at {; a fine, crenulate, fuscous line at |; cilia fuscous with a few whitish 

 bars. Underside ochreous-whitish with less fuscous suffusion than on upperside, 

 lines and discal dots present, an additional fuscous median dot on hindwings 

 before first line. 



Described from the British Museum type. 



N.S. Wales: Deniliciuiii (Lucas, Proo. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1801, p. 288). 



30. Anthela magnifica. 



Darala magnifica Luc, Proc. Linn. Soe. N.S. Wales, 1891, p. 28G. — D. 

 xantharcha Meyr., Trans. Roy. Soe. S. Aust., 1891, p. 191. — Anthela tri- 

 tonea Swin., Trans. Ent. Soe., 1903, p. 448. 



c?. 65 — 100 mm. Head dark-fuscous; face ochreous or brownish. Palpi 

 li ; fuscous with some whitish hairs, or sometimes mostly pale-ochreous. Thorax 

 dark-fuscous with some whitish hairs. Abdomen whitish, base and a variable 

 extent of dorsum fuscous; sometimes the whole of dorsum is reddish-brown. 

 Legs fuscous, more or less mixed with reddish-brown; apices of femora and 

 tibiae whitish-yellow; anterior tibiae sometimes with whitish hairs. Forewings 

 broadly triangular, eosta straight to |, thence strongly arched, apex round- 

 pointed, termen straight, slightly oblique ; fuscous with uneven whitish irroration ; 

 markings dark-fuscous; an irregularly-bent, outwardly-curved line from i or i 

 eosta to i or :} dorsum; a broadly suffused line i'rom i eosta to i dorsum, some- 

 times obsolete; sometimes a white-centred discal spot at >; a larger, similar 

 median spot; a sinuate line from | eosta to | dorsum, just beyond, or touching, 

 second discal spot; a slender wavy line at i, thickened on eosta, sometimes edged 

 posteriorly with whitish ; a crenated, whitish, subterminal line from just before 

 apex to tornus; cilia fuscous. Hindwings with' termen rounded; 6 and 7 

 approximated, connate, or short-stalked, 11 present; pale-yellowish suffused with 

 pale-fuscous except towards base, sometimes the median area is whitish; a 

 straight, transverse, pale-fuscous shade at about i ; two, indistinct, wavy, sub- 

 terminal lines, immediately followed by a whitish line; a fuscous terminal band; 

 cilia fuscous. Underside whitish, with more or less grey irroration; forewings 

 with two, rather large, whitish, discal spots edged with fuscous; anterior half 

 of disc more or less suffused with ochreous, lines iVi on upper side, but first two 

 obsolete; hindwings similar, but without ochreous suffusion; discal siiots small 

 or obsolete. 



?. 75 — 108 mm. Forewings narrower, eosta evenly arched, apex acute; 

 markings as in d but more obscure, or partly obsolete. Hindwings fuscous, some- 

 times whitish towards base; a wavy or crenulate, whitish, submarginal line. 

 Underside as in c?, or almost wholly fuscous. 



r have seen the type of ncantliarclni Meyr., which is in the South Australian 

 Museum. It is a small <S (05 mm.) with the abdomen reddish-brown on dorsum. 



