Eastern and AH<itrnh'an Jleterocera. -110 



Darala adriana, nov. 



cJ. Shaft of antcnnte pale pinkish white, plumes black ; 

 head, body, and wings of a nearly uniform dull chestnut- 

 brown ; the fore part of the thorax and the marginal spaces 

 of both wings are slightly darker than the general coloration, 

 and the hind wings are perhaps a little paler than the fore 

 wings, but there are absolutely no markings except some pale 

 pinkish-white spots in the cilia. Underside much paler and 

 brighter in colour ; the costal spaces of both wings slightly 

 darker. 



Expanse of wings ly'^j inch. 



Sherlock liiver, W. Australia (Clement). 



Type in B. M. ; three examples. 



Darala ruhicunda, nov. 



cJ. Antennae with the shaft rosy red, the pectinations 

 black ; wings and body above and below (also the legs) of 

 a uniform rosy-red colour, without any markings whatever, 

 the shade of colour below being quite as bright and as dark 

 as it is above. 



Expanse of wings ly-j inch. 



Roebourne, AV. Australia {Clement) ; a good series, all 

 males. 



Tiiere are five males unnamed in the B. M. from the 

 Sherlock River, also collected by Clement, in Lymantrid 

 drawer no. 25. 



Darala pudica, nov. 



(J ? . Antennae of male witli the shaft ochreous white, 

 pectinations black ; head, body, and wings above white, 

 tinged with flesh-colour, in some examples tinged with pink, 

 without any markings ; in some examples the costal line of 

 fore wings is pinkish, and so are the first two segments of 

 the abdomen: below, the wings are more clearly suffused 

 with pink, especially along the costal and outer borders; the 

 veins are somewhat prominent and the legs are pinkish, but 

 there are no markings. 



Expanse of wings lyV inch. 



Roebourne, W. Australia (C/e'/2e;iO, J type; a good series, 

 all males. 



Sherlock River, ? type in B. M. 



There are six males and three females unnamed in the 

 B. M. from the Sherlock River, Lymantrid drawer no. 25. 



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