454 NOCTUTDiE. 



except at apex and toruus, angled inwards in discal and snbmcdian 

 folds; some whitish points at base of medial part of cilia. Hind 

 wing uniform fuscous ; the underside with the base of costal area 

 tinged with ochreous and some whitish points at base of cilia. 



Hab. Queensland, Thursday I., type t $ in Coll. Turner, 

 Duaringa. Exp. IS millim. 



4931. Micrapatetis purpurascens, n. sp. (Plate CXLY1. fig. 21.) 



Head and thorax pale purplish red slightly irrorated with fuscous ; 

 palpi and legs suffused with fuscous brown ; abdomen greyish 

 suffused with fuscous brown. Fore wing pale purplish red with an 

 ochreous tinge ; a triangular black mark on base of costa : a rather 

 narrow medial blackish band, constricted at discal and submedian 

 folds, its outer edge angled outwards at middle ; two slight blackish 

 spots on costa towards apex ; the terminal area slightly irrorated 

 with fuscous, a terminal series of black striae. Hind wing fuscous 

 brown, the cilia somewhat paler. 



Hab. W. Australia, Sherlock 11. {Clements), 1 tf , 3 $> type. 

 Exp. 16-18 millim. 



4932. Micrapatetis pyrastis, n. sp. (Plate CXLYI. fig. 22.) 



2 . Head and tegular purplish grey ; thorax pale purplish red ; 

 palpi, pectus, and legs blackish mixed with grey; abdomen purplish 

 red. Fore wing pale purplish red, the basal half with an ochreous 

 tinge ; a medial leaden grey band defined at sides by black lines, 

 slightly constricted at discal fold and strongly at submedian fold, 

 some slight pale points beyond it on costa ; cilia whitish at base, 

 blackish at tips. Hind wing fuscous with a purplish-grey tinge ; 

 cilia whitish with a fuscous line through them ; the underside rather 

 paler with faint diffused curved postmedial line. 



Hab. Madras, Gooty (Campbell) , 2 $ type. Exp. 18 millim. 



4933. Micrapatetis flavipars, n. sp. (Plate CXLYI. fig. 23.) 



2 . Head and tegulae dark greyish brown ; thorax ochreous 

 yellow ; pectus, legs, and abdomen greyish brow r n. Fore wing with 

 the basal area ochreous yellow, defined by the fine black antemedial 

 line, minutely waved and somewhat oblique, the base of costa with 

 a brown fascia ; the rest of wing dark red-brown with a silvery 

 gloss ; an indistinct diffused red-brown postmedial line. Hind wing 

 reddish brown with a greyish tinge ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. 



Hab. Boubat, 1 $ type. Exp. IS millim. 



