894 CATALOGUE OF 





beyond the band. Fore wings reddish along the costa. Hind 

 wings rather paler than the fore wings, yellow towards the costa. 

 Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 18 lines 

 a. New Holland. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Section V. 



Mas etfcem. Ala? antieae apud costam vix convexae, apice acute 

 angulatas, falcatae, aut subfalcatae; posticae abdomen paullo su- 

 perantes. 



Male and female. Abdomen extending to three-fourths of the 

 breadth of the hind wings. Fore wings hardly convex along the 

 exterior border, acutely angular and falcate or subfalcate at the 

 tips, slightly oblique and undulating along the exterior border. 



13. Darala subfalcata. 



Mas. Pallide cervina ; palpi supra nigricantes ; antenna aurato- 

 flavce, ramis testaceis ; abdomen supra fulvum; alee fascia 

 obliqua gracili rufa ; guttisque exterioribus rufis, necnon fas- 

 cia basali rufescente t anticce ocellis duobus parvis albidis rufo 

 marginatis, posticae guttis duabus discalibus nigris. 



Male. Pale fawn-colour. Palpi blackish above. Antennae 

 gilded yellow, with testaceous branches. Abdomen tawny above, 

 except towards the base. Wings with an oblique slender red band, 

 which extends from two-thirds of the length of the costa of the fore 

 wings to half the length of the interior border of the hind wings, 

 and with an outer row of red dots; a much interrupted reddish 

 band near the base of each wing. Fore wings with two small 

 whitish red-bordered ocelli, and with a red mark near the fore end 

 of the exterior border. Hind wings with two black dots corres- 

 ponding to the ocelli of the fore wings, and with a red streak along 

 the apical part of the interior border. Length of the body 7 lines ; 

 of the wings 21 lines. 



a. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by E. Butler, Esq. 



Foem. Cana, vix rufescens ; antennae flam ; femora antica rufes- 

 centia ; alee fascia obliqua gracillima rufescente guttis nigris 

 extus marginata, anticce ad costam rufo notatce, maculis duabus 

 parvis discalibus nigro marginatis. 



Fern. Hoary, with a very slight reddish tinge. Antennae yel- 

 low. Fore femora reddish. Wings with a very slender oblique 



