186 REVISION" OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA — HYPSIDAE, ANTHELIDAE, 



of the t'orewings more acute and slightly produced, aud with the hiudwings 

 projecting at toruus. 



Vic: Moe, Wandin, Packenhani, Gisborne, Fernshaw; Ta.s. : Launceston, 

 Sheffield. 



42. Anthela connexa. 



2. Varala connexa Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., iv., p. 898. — c?. D. ferrens 

 Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., iv., p. 898.— d". D. postica Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., iv., p. 

 899.— d". Darala zonata Feld., Reise Nov., PI. 99, f. 1. 



d". 45 — 60 mm. Head ochreous-fuscous; face ochreous. Palpi 2; whitish- 

 ochreous mixed with fuscous. Antennae fuscous, the stalk irrorated with whitish; 

 pectinations 8. Thorax and abdomen ochreous-fuscotis. Legs pale-oclircous. 

 Forewings triangular, costa gently arched, ape.x round-pointed, termen bowed, 

 slightly oblique; orauge-ochreous irrorated with fuscous; sometimes an obscure, 

 irregularly dentate, transverse, fuscous line near base; a small white dot out- 

 lined with fuscous in disc at \, another similar, but larger, in middle; a fuscous 

 transverse line at i, wavy, slightly curved outwards beneath costa; a terminal 

 fuscous band, its anterior edge obscurely crenulate; cilia pale-ochreous, bases 

 fuscous. Hindwings witli termen moderately rounded; 6 and 7 connate, 11 

 absent or weak ; orange-ochreous with some fuscous irroration ; a transverse fus- 

 cous line about middle; preceded by a fuscous discal spot; a faint transverse 

 fuscous crenulate line at |, sometimes reduced to a series of dots; a broad, 

 terminal, dark-fuscous band, its inner edge crenulate; cilia orange-ochreous. 

 Underside ochreous, each wing with two fuscous, white-centred discal dots, two 

 postmedian fuscous lines, the second consisting of a series of dots, and a sub- 

 terminal fuscous baud. 



?. 62 — 74 mm. Antennae fuscous; pectinations 1. Both wings and under- 

 side brownish witli fuscous irroration; costa of forewings sometimes irrorated 

 with ochreous-whitish. 



Postica is a c? alierration, similar to the normal form on iniderside, but 

 above the orange colour on hindwing is confined to costal area. 



Mr. Lyoll informs me that the d flies by day and, when on the wing, can 

 easily be mistaken for a Satyrid butterfly. 



Vic: Wandin, Dandenong Ranges. Moe; Tas. : . 



43. Antiiela nicothoe. 



Bombyx nicolhac Mdv., Voy. Astrolabe, Lep., 1832, j). 22G. — Darala adu.'<la 

 Wlk., Cat. lirit. Mus., iv., p. 897. — IJ. censors (misprint) Wlk., ib., xxxiii., 

 p. 369, corrected to consors, ib., xssv., p. 1917. — Laelia auslralasiae H-Sch., 

 Ausser. Schmet., f. 386. — Colussa vinosa Rosen., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (5), 

 xvi., 1885, p. 3Si.— Darala rubeola Feld., Reise Nov., PI. 98, f. 9. 



d. 53 — 82 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish, ochreous, or brown. 

 Palpi 1 J ; grey, reddish, or l)rown. Antennae wiiitish with some i uscous irrora- 

 tion; pectinations fuscous. ijcg-s fuscous or grey; coxae and femora reddish, 

 oclircous, or brown. Forewings triangular, costa straight to -J, then arched, apex 

 round-pointed, termen slightly bowed, sliglitly obli([ue; reddish, ochreous, or 

 brown, with transverse fuscous lines; discal dots white edged with fuscous, at i 

 and about middle; sometimes outwardly arched lines, more or less distinct, before 

 and after first dot; a fine wavy or crenulate line at al)0ut |, edged posteriorly by 

 a pale line; a crenulate suhterminal line, sometimes reduced to dots on veins; 

 a crenulate submarginal shade; cilia concolorous. Hind wings witli iermen 



