ARIATHISA. 399 



some pale points beyoud it on costa : the subtcrminal line only 

 defined by the grey area beyond it, slightly excurved at vein 7 and 

 middle ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia rufous. Hind 

 wing grey suffused with brown ; the cilia grey ; the underside grey 

 irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot and fuscous apical 

 patch. 



Abdomen with exsertible lateral tufts of hair from base above the 

 stigmata. 



Jrlab. W. Australia, Albany, type t 8 in Mus. Queensland. Exp, 

 30 millim. 



*4068. Ariathisa porphyrescens. (Plate CXXXTI. fig. 10.) 

 Caradrina porphyrcscens, Lower, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. xxvi. p. 652 (1902). 



2 . Head and thorax purplish red-brown ; palpi blackish at 

 sides ; thorax irrorated with fuscous ; abdomen pale brown, the 

 ventral surface whitish irrorated with brown. Pore wing purplish 

 red-brown slightly irrorated with fuscous; traces of a double ante- 

 medial line ; orbicular and reniform represented by very indistinct 

 reddish-ochreous points ; an obscure medial shade from lower angle 

 of cell to inner margin ; an indistinct minutely dentate postmedial 

 line btut outwards below costa ; the subterminal line defined by the 

 sinuous black shade on its inner edge; cilia dark brown. Hind 

 wing pale brown, rather darker on terminal area ; cilia white at 

 tips ; the underside whitish with discoidal point, curved postmedial 

 line, and apical dark patch. 



Bab. Victoria, Melbourne, type t ? in Coll. Lower. Exp. 38 

 millim. 



4069. Ariathisa bistrigula. (Plate CXXXII. fig. 11.) 

 Hadena bistrigula, Wlk. xi. 599 (1857). 



5 . Head and thorax dark brown with a slight purplish tinge 

 mixed with grey ; antennas whitish ; tarsi fuscous ringed with 

 whitish ; abdomen grey suffused with brown. Pore wing ferru- 

 ginous brown mixed with white and suffused with purple ; subbasal 

 line represented by an oblique white striga from costa ; antemedial 

 line indistinct, whitish, oblique, waved ; orbicular a whitish point ; 

 reniform an ochreous-white lunule defined by blackish on inner side, 

 with whitish striga before its upper part, its lower extremity pro- 

 duced to a point and angled ; traces of a sinuous dark medial line ; 

 postmedial line indistinct, dark defined by grey-white on outer side, 

 bent outwards below costa, then oblique, dentate and produced to 

 points on the veins ; subterminal line grey-white, angled outwards 

 at vein 7, then oblique ; a terminal series of black striae ; cilia 

 brown mixed with grey. Hind wing pale red-brown ; cilia brownish 

 at base, white at tips ; the underside white irrorated with brown, 

 the terminal area suffused with brown and with diffused dark 

 apical patch, a small discoidal spot. 



Hub. Australia (Hardwicke), 1 $ type. Exp. 38 millim. 



