758 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



97. Deio. pulchella, L. 



<J Q. 33-36 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-whitish, spotted 

 with black and orange. Palpi whitish, terminal joint black. 

 Antennae blackish. Abdomen white. Legs dark fuscous, posterior 

 pair white. Fore wings extremely elongate -triangular, costa 

 slightly arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin rather obliquely rounded; 

 ochreous-whitish ; six angulated transverse series of black dots 

 between veins, first subbasal, sixth hindmarginal, alternating with 

 five series of two or three small subquadrate red spots, one of each 

 series being costal ; four additional black dots transversely placed 

 in disc between fourth and fifth series : cilia white, terminal half 

 barred with grey. Hind wings white; two almost connected small 

 blackish discal spots on transverse veins ; a narrow irregular 

 blackish-grey hindmarginal band, dilated into a triangular blotch 

 at apex, and an irregular quadrate smaller blotch below middle; 

 cilia white, base dark grey. 



Brisbane, Queensland ; Newcastle and Sydney, New South 

 Wales; Mount Lofty, South Australia; in September, March, 

 and April, common, sometimes in abundance. Also from ISew 

 Guinea, Philippines, Ceylon, India, Africa, and South Europe. 



HYPSIDAE. 



Ocelli present. Antennae about f, not thickened. Maxillary 

 palpi absent. Posterior tibise with spurs all present. Frenum 

 developed. Porewings with 1 simple at base, 7, 8, and 9 stalked. 

 Hindwings with lc absent, 6 and 7 approximated at base or 

 stalked, 8 anastomosing with upper margin of cell, separating 

 towards base, or connected by a median bar only. Larvae 

 16-legged, uniformly clothed with fascicles of long hairs. 



Differs essentially from the Arctiadae by vein 8 of the hindwings 

 not coinciding completely with upper margin of cell towards base. 

 The family is principally tropical, and only three Australian genera 

 are strictly referable to it. At the end of these I have added the 

 genus Digama, which is really allied to them, but differs essentially 



