368 NOCTtTID.^5. 



discoidal ocellus, defined by black and with black lunule in centre, 

 placed on the black-brown medial shade, incurved below the cell ; 

 postmedial line black-brown defined on outer side by white, dentate, 

 strongly incurved below vein 4 ; a dentate blackish subterminal 

 line diffused on inner side, angled inwards below cost a and out- 

 wards below vein 7, then oblique and bent outwards to tornus ; a 

 dentate blackish line before termeu ; a waved blackish terminal 

 line. Hind wing dark browTi ; a broad curved yellowish white 

 medial band from costa to submedian fold with three white strise 

 from its lower extremity to below vein 1 ; a yellowish white apical 

 patch Avith indistinct dentate dark line before termen from it to 

 tornus towards which it is slightly defined on inner side by yel- 

 lowish, on outer side by greyish ; cilia with whitish line at base 

 and intersected with whitish at the veins. Underside of fore wing 

 brown with yellowish white patch in end of cell and broad oblique 

 band beyond the cell from costa to tornus ; hind wing with white 

 streak in cell, the curved medial band and apical patch as above, a 

 small white patch on termen below vein 2. 



Hah. QuEEsrsLAND, Brisbane {Turner)., 2 6, 1 $ , DaAvson E.. 

 (Dir^gles), 1 c3" , 1 $ fype. ^"^i^. 60-70 millim. 



Sect. II. Antennce of male bipectinate willi short branches ending in a long 

 bristle. 



7479. Donuca orbigera. 



Calliodes orbigera, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 193 (1852). 



Head dark greyish brown, the palpi paler with somo crimson at 

 base, the antennae fulvous except the shaft towards base; tegulae 

 red-brown with a dark band behind them ; thorax ochreous white 

 with some dark brown on dorsum; pectus yellowish, the legs grey- 

 brown with the fringes of hair crimson ; abdomen orange-yellow 

 with dorsal dark brown and yellowish white bands on three basal 

 segments, the ventral surface tinged with crimson. Fore wing 

 olive-brown suffused in parts with dark brown, the costal area 

 greyish white tinged with brown towards apex ; an oblique yel- 

 lowish white band from middle of cell to inner margin near base 

 defined at sides by dark brown suffusion ; a round discoidal ocellus 

 with black-brown centre with some silvery blue near its inner edge 

 and yellowish white annulus defined by black ; an oblique yellowish 

 white band from vein 7 towards apex to middle of inner margin, 

 defined on inner side by a dark brown line which reaches the costa 

 and with a slight oblique white mark from its upper extremity to 

 near apex, some dark brown beyond it between veins 6 and 4 and 

 below vein 2 and some white irroration between these dark 

 markings ; an oblique yellowish white subterminal line from vein 7 

 to inner margin interrupted by dark streaks on the veins and with 

 a waved blackish line beyond it extending to below apex ; a dark 

 terminal line ; cilia yellowish white, olive-brown at base. Hind 



