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NOCTUlDiE. 



Sect. II. Fore wiug of male with the costa erealy cuvTcd, the apex not 



produced. 



A. Abdomen of male with immense lateral anal tufts of long hair-like 



scales ; hind VTing with iringe of long hair from inner margin and 



short hair on vein 1 on underside but without tuft of long hair on 



upperside above middle of inner mai-gin. 



7517. Dermaleipa microrhsea. 



Noctua microrhcea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. (2) p. 17 (1794). 



Head and thorax reddish brown tinged with grey ; pectus 

 ochreous brown ; legs grey-brown, the fore and mid tibiae tinged 

 with fuscous; abdomen pale scarlet, the anal tufts fuscous brown, 

 the ventral surface grey-brown. Fore wing glossy grey-brown 



Fig. 93. — Dermaleipa microrhaa, ^ . 



irrorated with black. Hind wing orange tinged with scarlet on 

 terminal half ; a large round black patch beyond lower angle 

 of cell with a patch of black irroration below it above vein 1 ; 

 a blackish terminal band narrowing to a point at vein 2, its inner 

 edge slightly waved, the termen with slight grey marks. Under- 

 side of fore wing purplish black, the inner area ochreous, the 

 costa, apical area, and termen greyish ; hmd wing fuscous black, 

 tbo inner area ochreous yellow. 



Ab. 1. Hind wing with the black patch elliptical and extending 

 to vein 7, the terminal band much broader. 



Hah. Australia, 1 $ type in Banksian Coll. ; Queensland 

 ( Waller), 1 J ; N. Australia, Port Darwin (BucMand), 1 J . 

 MJxp. 74-80 millim. 



