BY E. MEYETCK, B.A. ^45 



15. Eel. aurorella, u. sp. 



Media, alis ant. roseis, vitta plicae fracta, litura disci obliqua, 

 altera aiiguli aiialis, signoque postico magno trilingui saturate 

 fuscis, partim cano-marginatis ; post, dilute ochreo-roseis. 



^ ? . 18|-10^ mm. Head whitish, face slightly carmine- 

 tinged. Palpi oehreous-whitish, irregularly suffused with 

 carmine-pink. Antennae whitish- ochreous. Thorax very pale 

 carmine-pink, towards centre whitish, anterior margin narrowly 

 and apex of crest dark crimson-fuscous. Abdomen oehreous- 

 whitish, faintly crimson-tinged. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior 

 and middle tibiae pale crimson. Forewings moderately broad, 

 costa arched towards base and more strongly before apex, apex 

 broadly produced, acute, hindmargin rather deeply concave ; 

 rather light crimson-pink ; extreme costal edge whitish from 

 near base to i ; a suffused dark fuscous subcostal streak from 

 base to about i, posteriorly indistinct ; a short dark reddish- 

 fuscous dash on inner margin at base, indistinctly margined above 

 with whitish ; a dark reddish-fuscous basally attenuated longi- 

 tudinal streak from base to a little below middle of disc, thence 

 bent obliquel}^ downwards, not reaching inner margin, the angle 

 filled up beneath with whitish-ochreous, the streak margined 

 above from base to angle with white ; a dark reddish-fuscous 

 oblique streak from disc slightly above middle at i from base to 

 anal angle, posteriorly attenuated, interrupted above angle of 

 discal streak, with which it is almost confluent, margined posteriorly 

 with white, and its discal extremity connected with base of wing 

 by a slender white line ; an irregularly triangular dark reddish- 

 fuscous blotch, more ochreous-fuscous beneath, on hindmargin, 

 its apex extending to disc at f from base, its base extending from 

 above anal angle to beneath apex, lower side suffused, upper side 

 connected in disc with a dark reddish-fuscous acute diamond- 

 shaped mark beneath costa, beyond the connection margined with 

 white ; within this triangle is a slender white twice sharply- 

 toothed line proceeding from middle of upper side to lower angle, 



