268 Mr. F. Walker's Characters of undescrihed Lepidoptera 



Genus Choara, Walk. 

 The following species seems to connect C/^oara with Flypogropha 

 by means of H. privata, to which it is much more allied than to 

 //. Fhlegetonariu, the type of the genus. 



Choara indicator. 



Mas. — Cinerea, capite antico palpisque ferrugineis cinereo- 

 variis, antennis late pectinatis, abdomine e punctis fuscis qua- 

 drilineato lateribus anticis cristatis, alis nigro-conspersis 

 rufescente vix tinctis, lineis duabus e punctis paucis nigris, 

 linea media diffusa indistincta annuloque discali nigricantibus, 

 alis anticis sub-falcatis plaga subtus magna nigra, alis posticis 

 apud marginem interiorem albidis ferrugineo-variis. 



Male. — Cinereous. Head in front and palpi ferruginous, varied 

 with cinereous. Antennae broadly pectinated. Abdomen with 

 small crests along each side ; its forepart with four rows of brown 

 points. Legs with ferruginous bands. Wings with a very slight 

 reddish tinge, minutely black-speckled; interior and exterior lines 

 composed of a few black points ; middle line blackish, diffuse, 

 indistinct, on the inner side of the blackish discal ringlet. Fore- 

 wings sub-falcate; costa straight; exterior border convex, slightly 

 excavated in front ; underside with a large black patch. Hind- 

 wings whitish, and varied with ferruginous along the interior border. 



Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



Moreton Bay. 



Genus Darala, Walk. 



Darala cinct'ifera. 



Mas et Fcem. — Nigro-fusca, thorace pilis longissimis, abdomine 

 nigro, alis anticis litura discali alba transversa. Mas. — 

 Antennis late pectinatis, abdominis segraentis ochraceo-mar- 

 ginatis pilis apicalibus longis albis. Fcem. — Antennis sub- 

 pectinatis, abdomine apicem versus niveo. 



Male and Female. — Thorax with very long hairs. Abdomen 

 black. Fore-wings with a white transverse discai mark. Hind- 

 wings with a white transverse mark on the underside. Male. — 

 Antennae broadly pectinated. Abdomen with long apical white 

 hairs; hind borders of the segments bright ochraceous. Female. — 

 Antennse slightly pectinated. Abdomen with the apical third part 

 bright white ; hind borders of the segments dark ochraceous. 



Length of the body 13 — 14 lines; of the wings 24—28 lines. 



Moreton Bay. 



