IDALIMA. 461 



a small spot in middle of cell and a quadrate spot in end of it ; a 

 -white postmedial band from costa to vein 2, its inner edge angled 

 outwards below costa and beyond lower angle of cell and its lower 

 end incurved ; an indistinct subterminal series of white points ; 

 cilia white at apex. Hind wing with white band beyond the cell 

 from vein 6 to submedian fold; cilia white towards tornus. 



Hab. W. Australia, Perth, type t S in Coll. Lower. Exp. 

 42 millim. 



4943. Idalima metasticta, n. sp. (Plate CXLVI. fig. 27.) 



Black; 1st joint of palpi and extremity of 2nd and sides of 

 frons yellowish white ; back of head, tegulae, patagia, and thorax 

 with pale yellow spots ; guise and pectus yellowish white ; legs 

 black with yellowish-white bands, the mid tibiae with orange patch 

 above ; abdomen banded with yellowish white, the anal tuft 

 orange at extremity in female. Fore wing with two yellowish- 

 w r hite spots at base, subbasal spots below costa and cell followed by 

 spots below costa and in and below cell with an elongate mark 

 on vein 1 : antemedial spots below costa and on median uervure : 

 a small discoidal spot sometimes present ; conjoined spots beyond 

 the cell below costa and beyond upper angle with two points 

 beyond them : a larger spot beyond lower angle and a spot on 

 vein 1 below end of cell ; a more or less developed streak on base 

 of inner margin and sometimes a slight streak on middle of inner 

 margin ; a subterminal series of small bluish-white spots on tho 

 veins, the spot on vein 5 displaced inwards ; cilia white at apex 

 and tornus. Hind wing with yellowish-white streaks below the 

 cell and on inner area ; spots beyond the discocellulavs and lower 

 angle of cell sometimes conjoined into a sinuous band ; cilia 

 chequered black and white ; the underside with streaks below 

 base of costa and in cell, and three or four postmedial spots. 



Hah. X. Australia, Adelaide E. (J. J. Walker), 1 tf type, 

 Pt, Darwin, 2 § . E.rp. 26 millim. 



4944. Idalima affinis. 



Agarista affinis, Boisd. Voy. Astrolabe, Lep. p. 177 (1832); Herr.-Schaff. 



Aussereur. Schmett. ff." 29-30; Butl. 111. Het. B.M. i. p. 8, pi. 4. 



f. 3 ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 22. 

 Agarista vindex, Butl. A.M. N. H. (5) xiv. p. 40.") (1884); Kirby, Cat. 



Lep. Het. p. 23. 



Black; palpi at extremity of 1st and 2nd joints, sides of frons, 

 basal joint of antennae, galas and spots on back of head, tegulae, 

 patagia, and thorax pale yellow : mid and hind coxaa and outer 

 side of mid tibia? with the hair orange ; fore coxae and tibiae with 

 yellow hair, the tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen with segmental 

 white lines above and pale yellow bands on ventral surface, the 

 anal tuft orange ; wings tinged with cupreous brown. Pore wing 

 with two pale yellow points at base ; a subbasal series of three 



