in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 267 



extus flavo-marginata, linea adhuc exteriore nigricante punc- 

 tata angulosa, linea sub-marginali rufescente indistincta in- 

 completa postice diffusa, alis anticis non fulcatis, punctis 

 duabus discalibus nigris purpureo-niarginatis. 



Male 1 — Yellowish-cinereous, with a very slight rosy tinge. 

 Head blackish in front. Body reddish beneatli. Palpi blackish, 

 red above. Antennae yellovi^, moderately pectinated. Wings with 

 an interior incomplete, dentate, blackish line ; exterior line reddish- 

 black, almost straight, yellow-bordered on the outer side ; a more 

 exterior blackish zigzag line, which is marked by points, and has 

 a corresponding indistinct and incomplete reddish line on its outer 

 side; this line is diffuse towards the interior border; fringe 

 yellowish fawn-colour. Fore-wings not falcate, with two black 

 purple-bordered discai points. Hind-wings with a black purple- 

 bordered discal point on the underside. 



Length of the body 1.2 lines ; of the wings 32 lines. 



Moreton Bay. 



Genus Arhodia, Guen. 

 A. semirosea is very closely allied to A. lasiocamparia, and still 

 more so to^. retractaria, hut may be distinguished from the latter 

 by the more straight band of the hind-wings. 



Arhodia semirosea. 



Fceni. — Cinerea, A. retractarice simillima, cervino-subtincta, alis 

 anticis atomis, lineisque duabus obliquis indistinctis nigro- 

 purpurascentibus, linea 2a punctulari, plaga subtus magna 

 nigro-purpurea, alis posticis pallide rufis, gutta discali 

 lineaque media purpureo-nigris. 



Female. — Cinereous, head, thorax and fore-wings slightly tinged 

 with fawn-colour. Abdomen reddish fawn-colour, especially 

 towards the base. Fore-wings acute, minutely speckled with 

 purplish-black, with two indistinct oblique lines of the same hue ; 

 2nd line composed of points ; exterior border extremely oblique ; 

 underside with a large blackish-purple patch, which is connected 

 on the inner side with an angular line. Hind-wings pale red, 

 thinly speckled ; discal dot and middle line purplish-black, 

 distinct ; interior border with white hairs ; underside fawn-colour, 

 whitish along the interior border. 



Length of the body 11 lines ; of the wings 32 lines. 



Moreton Bay. 



