410 NOCTUID^. 



costal and terminal areas irrorated with black, a diffused black 

 subterminal patch between vein 5 and submedian fold ; hind wing 

 brownish white, the inner area orange-yellow, the costal area and 

 terminal area to vein 2 slightly irrorated with black. 



Hah. QuEENSLAXD, Townsville (Dodd), 1 (S , Rockhampton, 1 $ ; 

 N. AusTBALrA (Else]/), 1 $ type. Exj). 76 millim. 



7519. Dermaleipa metaxantha, n. sp. (Plate CCXII. fig. 1 .) 



c? • Head and thorax pale ochreous brown ; pectus ochreous 

 yellow ; legs pale grey-brown ; abdomen yellow slightly tinged 

 with scarlet, the anal tuft and ventral surface pale grey-brown. 

 Pore wing pale ochreous brown irrorated with fuscoi;s. Hind 

 wing pale j-ellow, the tuft of hair above inner margin with a 

 fulvons tinge ; a bar-shaped black postmedial spot between vein 5 

 and submedian fold ; a terminal black band from apex to vein 2, 

 its inner edge waved, the termen slightly ochreous. Underside of 

 fore wing purplish black, the inner area ochreous, the costa, apical 

 area, and termen grey -brown ; hind wing fuscous black, the inner 

 area ochreous yellow. 



Hah. N. Australia (Walkei-), 1 (^ type. E^vj^. 80 millim. 



C. Abdomen of male without lateral anal tufts of long 

 scales; hind wing with tuft of long haii* on upperside 

 above middle of inner margin and fringe of long 

 hair on inner margin, but -without fringe of short 

 hair on vein 1 on underside. 

 a. Hind wing scai-let. 



a'. Hind wing with the inner area brown rubricata. 



h^. Hind wing wholly scarlet oninians. 



h. Hind wing yellow. 



a^. Fore wing with the postmedial line obliquely 



curved arcifera. 



b^. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique, 



straight parallelipipeda. 



c. Hind wing brown , metaphcea. 



7520. Dermaleipa rubricata. 



Lagoptera rubricata, HoU. Ent. News Philad. v. p. 67 (1894). 

 Ophiusa ignicans, flmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 342 (1902). 

 Dermaleipa daseia, Fawcelt, P. Z. S. 1902, ii. p. 307, pi. xxvi. f. 1. 



Head and thorax rufous mixed with ochreous; palpi and sides 

 of frons tinged with scarlet ; pectus scarlet ; legs brown mixed 

 with scarlet, the tarsi greyish fuscous ; abdomen grey-brown, the 

 extremity and ventral surface scarlet. Fore wing rufous with 

 numerous fine pale sfrise, tinged with purple-grey especially on 

 inner and terminal areas, and irrorated with black especially 

 on inner area and the veins of terminal area ; subbasal line pale, 

 oblique, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line pale defined on 

 outer side by rufous, very oblique ; a black point in middle of 

 cell \ reniform defined by black, narrow, produced at upper 



