LEPIDOPTERA HETEEOCEEA. 895 



reddish band, which is accompanied along its outer side by a row of 

 blackish dots. Fore wings with some reddish marks along the costa, 

 and with two small white blackish-bordered discal spots. Length 

 of the body 6 — 7 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



Var. /3. Wings with some black dots, and with an interrupted 

 tawny band before the middle ; outer band tawny, double. 



Var. y like var. (3. Wings rather darker ; inner baud more dis- 

 tinct; a double row of blackish dots. 



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



c. New South Wales. From Mr. Wood's collection. 



d. New Holland. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



14. Darala falcata. 



Fcem. Pallide cervina, canescens ; alee anticce falcata? , ocellis dua- 

 bus discalibus albis nigra marginatis, fasciaque recta obliqua 

 rufescente intus determinata extus diffusa. 



Fern. Pale fawn-colour, with a somewhat hoary tinge. Fore 

 wings falcate, with two white black-bordered discal dots, one 

 in front of the other; a small blackish spot between them; a 

 straight reddish band extending from near the tip of the costa 

 to beyond the middle of the interior border ; this band is darker and 

 clearly defined on its inner side, paler and indefinite on its outer 

 side, and extends also across the hind wings; on the under side it is 

 broader and contains some whitish marks ; a short broad reddish 

 stripe along the fore part of the exterior border. Length of the 

 body 12 lines ; of the wings 36 lines. 



New Holland ? In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



15. Darala hamata. 



Fcem. Pallide cervina ; aim fascia lata obliqua guttata fusees- 

 cente intus obscuriore fulvoque lineata extus undulosa ; antica? 

 falcata, fascia interiore angulosa maculaque discali fuscis. 



Fern. Pale fawn-colour. Antennas whitish. Wings with a 

 broad brownish oblique band, extending from four-fifths of the 

 length of the costa of the fore wings to the middle of the interior 

 border of the hind wings, and containing a row of pale dots ; its 

 inner side is bounded by a slender dark brown band, which has a 

 tawny outer border ; its outer side is undulating. Fore wings fal- 

 cate, with a rather broad zigzag pale brownish band, with darker 



