IDA LIMA. 4(51 



a small spot in middle of cell and a quadi'ate spot in end of it : a 

 Avhite postmedial band from costa to vein '2. its inner edge an<>-led 

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

 end incnrved ; an indistinct subterniinal series of white points ; 

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

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



Ilah. W. Australia, Perth, type t cJ in Coll. Lower. £!??/>. 

 42 millim. 



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



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

 frons yellowish white ; baclc of head, tegulLie, patagia, and thorax 

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

 black with yellowish-wliite 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- 

 white 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 ; antemcdial spots below costa and on median nervure ; 

 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 

 A'ein 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-Avhite spots on the 

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

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

 cell and on inner area ; spots beyond the discocellulars 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. N. AUSTRALIA, Adelaide R. (J. J. Walker), 1 cj" type, 

 Pt. Darwin, 2 $ . Krj>. 2i> millim. 



4944. Idalima affiiiis. 



A(/aris/a affinw, Boisd. Voy. Astrolabe, Lep. p. 177 (1S;>2) ; iren-.-ScliiifF. 

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



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

 Aijarisfa vivdex, ButL A.M.N.H. (.')) xiv. p. 40.") (18.S4); Kii-bj, Cat. 



Lep. Het. p. 23. 



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

 basal joint of antenna), gulne and spots on back of head, tegulaj, 

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

 side of mid tibia? with the hair orange ; fore coxse 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. Fore wing 

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



