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the second. Antennas whitish, shining, very hroadly pectinated ; 

 branches black. Legs slender ; femora broadly fringed ; hind tibiae 

 with two short apical spurs. Wings broad, short ; fringe very short. 

 Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips ; exterior border hardly 

 oblique, very slightly truncated in front. Hind wings extending a 

 little beyond the abdomen. Leugth of the body 9 lines; of the 

 wings 20 lines. 



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

 guished by the points on the fore wings of that species. 



a, Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



DAE ALA DELINEATA. 



Mas. Pallide Jlavescente-cervina ; caput putpureo fasciatum ; palpi 

 purparei, crassi, obtusi ; abdominis fasciculus apicalis mini- 

 mus, apice purpureus ; pedes supra purpurei,femoribus tibiis- 

 gue posterioribus apice afbis ; alee linea transversa basali angu- 

 losa interrupta, linea exteriore obliqua fusca aut ochracea, 

 linea submarginali e punctis fuscis ; anticce subfalcatce, guttis 

 duabus discalibus fuscis albo-marginatis ; posticce abdomen 

 longe superantes, plaga apud marginem interiorem purpurea. 



Male. Pale yellowish fawn-colour. Head with a purple band 

 in front. Palpi purple, thick, obtuse. Antennae rather broadly 

 pectinated. Abdomen with a very small apical tuft, which is purple 

 at the tip. Legs mostly purple above; posterior femora and tibiae 

 with white tips. Wings with an incomplete zigzag transverse 

 blackish line near the base, and with an exterior straight oblique 

 brown or ochraceous line, which is sometimes slightly undulating in 

 the fore wings ; a submarginal line of brown points ; fringe dull 

 ochraceous. Fore wings acute, subfalcate, with two brown discai 

 dots, which are more or lsss distinctly pointed with white; first dot 

 near the zigzag line ; second exterior, transversely longer than the 

 first. Hind wings extending much beyond the abdomen, with a 

 purple patch near the end of the interior border. Length of the 

 body 8^ — 9 lines ; of the wings 20 — 21 lines. 



Hardly differing, except in colour, from D. excisa. 



a, b. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



