LEP1D0PTERA HETEROCERA. 889 



3. Darala ACUTA. 



Mas. Pallide cervina ; caput antice palpique rufescentia ; an- 

 tenna testacea ; pectus flavum, antice rufescens ; pedes rufo 

 pilosi ; ala? fascia lutea gracili obliqua guttis fuscis extus 

 marginata, antice costa maculaque parva discali rufescentibus 

 necnon ocello exteriore discali testaceo rufo marginato ; pos- 

 ticce apud costam Jiavescentes, subtus guttis duabus discalibus 

 rufescentibus. 



Male. Pale fawn-colour. Head in front and palpi reddish. 

 Antennae testaceous. Pectus yellow, reddish in front. Legs 

 mostly clothed with reddish hairs. Wings with a luteous slender 

 oblique band, extending from three-fourths of the length of the 

 costa of the fore wings to half the length of the interior border of 

 the hind wings, accompanied on the outer side by a row of brown 

 dots ; fringe reddish. Fore wings reddish along the costa, and with 

 two small reddish discal spots, the disk of the outer and larger one 

 testaceous. Hind wings yellowish along the costa; underside with 

 two reddish discal dots. Length of the body 6 — 7 lines; of the 

 wings 18 — 22 lines. 



a, b. New Holland. Presented by the Entomological Club. 

 c. New Holland. From Mr. Hunter's collection. 



4. Darala exctsa. 



Mas. Luteo-flava ; caput anticum ex parte rufum ; palpi tibice 

 tarsique rufa ; ala? fascia pallide flava guttisque fuscis, anticce 

 ocellis duobus discalibus parvis albis nigro marginatis macu- 

 lisque duabus exterioribus rufis ; posticce guttis duabus nigris 

 discalibus. 



This may be a variety of D. acuta. 



Male. Luteous-yellow. Head partly red in front. Palpi, 

 tibia; and tarsi red. Wings with a pale yellow band and brown dots 

 like those of D. acuta. Fore wings with two small white blackish- 

 bordered discal ocelli, and with two red spots near the fore part of 

 the exterior border, which has a red fringe at its junction with the 

 costa. Hind wings with two black discal dots, which are most ap- 

 parent beneath ; a reddish mark near the tip of the interior border. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Sydney. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



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