370 CATALOGUE OF 



like those of the fore wings. Length of the body 11 lines; of the 

 wings 30 lines. 



Most allied to D. conspersa, from which it may be distinguished 

 by the denticulated exterior line on the wings. 



a. South Australia. Presented by K. Bakewell, Esq. 



Darala rufifascia. 



Fcem. Cinereo-cervina, crassa ; caput et thorax rufescentia ; aw- 

 tennce subpectinatee ; pedes dense pilosi ; alee nigro-conspersce, 

 fasciis duabus rvfis obliquis diffusis subrectis, lineis duabus 

 transversis denticulatis fuscis, la antemedia, 2a postmedia ; 

 aniicce vix falcatm, punctis duobus albis nigro marginatis. 



Female. Cinereous fawn-colour, very stout. Head and thorax 

 with a reddish tinge. Palpi pilose, porrect, hardly extending beyond 

 the head. Antennae slightly pectinated. Abdomen not extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs short ; femora and tibiae densely 

 pilose. Wings minutely speckled with black ; two red diffuse 

 oblique nearly straight bands ; two denticulated brown lines, the 

 one on the inner side of the first band, the other on the outer side of 

 the second band ; under side without bands. Fore wings acute, 

 hardly falcate, with two white black-bordered points, one on the 

 first band, the other in the disk between the bands. Length of the 

 body 9 lines; of the wings 24 lines. 



Closely allied to D. subfalcata, from which it may be distin- 

 guished by the red band on the wings. 



o. Tasmania. Presented by M. Allport, Esq. 



Darala rubescens. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-rufa ; palpi sat graciles, caput superantes, arti- 

 culo 2o latissime fimbr'xato, 3o longi-conieo 2i dimidio non 

 breviore ; antenna albidce, ramis nigris ; pedes graciles, 



femoribus late fimbriatis, tibiis posticis calcaribus duobus 

 apicalibus parvis ,• ala anticce latce, apice subrotundatce, mar- 

 gine, exieriore vix obliquo antice subtruncato ; posticce abdomen 



paullo superantes. 



Male. Ferruginous-red. Palpi porrect, rather slender, ex- 

 tending somewhat beyond the head; second joint very broadly 

 fringed on each side ; third elongate-conical, full half the length of 



