892 CATALOGUE OF 



9. Dakala plana. 



Fcem. Testacea ; capitis latera, pectus antice et femora antica 

 rufescentia ; alee fascia gracili media obliqua guttisque exte- 

 rioribus nigricantibus . 



Female. Testaceous. Sides of the head, fore part of the 

 pectus and fore femora reddish. Wings with a slender oblique 

 blackish middle band, which is accompanied on the outer side by an 

 indistinct row of blackish dots; some blackish marks between 

 the latter and the exterior border. Length of the body Q\ lines; 

 of the wings 17 lines. 



This may be a variety of simplex, which it much resembles, 

 but has apparently no discal spots. 

 a. New Holland. Presented by His Excellency Capt. Grey. 



10. Darala parva. 



Mas. Rufo-cervina ; antennae albido-testaeece, ramis fuscis ; aim 

 subtus et anticce supra macula parva discali nigricante. 



Var. ft. Aim vitta guttulari maculisque discalibus nigris. 



Male. Reddish fawn-colour. Antennae whitish testaceous, with 

 brown branches. Wings beneath and fore wings above with a small 

 discal blackish spot. Length of the body 5—6 lines ; of the wings 

 12—14 lines. 



Var. ft. Wings with a discal band of black dots. Fore wings 

 with some discal black dots. Hind wings with a single black spot. 



a. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by Morton Allport, Esq. 



The following sections mostly agree with the second in the cha- 

 racters which are not noticed. 



Section III. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Antennae late pectinatae. Alae 

 anticae apud costam vix convexae, apice subangulatse; posticae ab- 

 domen paullo superantes. 



Male. Body rather slender. Antennae deeply pectinated. 

 Abdomen extending to three-fourths of the length of the hind wings. 

 Fore wings hardly convex along the costa, forming a slightly 

 rounded right angle at the tips, straight and very slightly oblique 

 along the exterior border. 



