LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 897 



Fern. Like the male. Bands of the wings wholly hlackish ; 

 black dots less distinct ; no band near the base. Fore wings with 

 larger ocelli. Hind wings not more reddish towards the base than 

 elsewhere. Length of the body 10 — 12 lines ; of the wings 26 — 30 

 lines. 



Var. p. Tawny. Bands of the wings broader and more dis- 

 tinct ; discal ocelli larger. 



a — c. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by R. Butler, Esq. 



d — e. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by Morton Allport, Esq. 



/. New Holland. Presented by Major-Gen. Hardwicke. 



17. Daeala adusta. 



Mas. Ferruginea-fusca ; caput antice nigrum ; palpi et pedes ex 

 parte nigri ; alee fascii tribus nigricantibus, anticat ocellis 

 t duobus discalibus albis nigro marginatis, postica ad costam 

 rufescentes. 



Male. Ferruginous-brown. Head black in front. Palpi and 

 legs partly black. Antennae black, w T ith tawny branches. Wings 

 paler towards the exterior border, with three blackish bands ; first 

 band angular, near the base ; second and third undulating or scal- 

 loped ; second with a pale luteous border along its outer side ; third 

 double. Fore wings with two white black-bordered discal ocelli, 

 which are largest and brightest on the under side. Hind wings 

 with a reddish tinge towards the costa ; the ocelli apparent on the 

 under side. Length of the body 1 1 lines ; of the wings 32 lines. 



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

 c. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 

 d — -/. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by Morton Allport, Esq. 



Foem. Cervina ; palpi ex parte nigricantes ; antennce testacea ; 

 alee fas ciis tribus nigricantibus, anticce ocellis duobus discali- 

 bus cervinis nigra marginatis. 



Bombyx Nicothoe? Boisd. Voy. de V Astrolabe, Pt. 1. Lep. 226, 10. 



Alee quatuor cinerece postice cinnamomece linea comrnuni serieque 

 punc tor um fuscis ; anticce strigis obsoletis mediis puncto lunu- 

 laque fuscis. 



Fern. Fawn-colour. Palpi partly blackish. Antennae testa- 

 ceous. Wings with three blackish bands ; first curved, near the 

 base, indistinct on the hind wings ; second scalloped, with a tawny 



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