LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 899 



Male. Ferruginous, luteous beneath. Legs mostly clothed 

 with whitish hairs. Wings mostly luteous beneath. Fore wings 

 brown-luteous, with three dark brown bands ; first near the base, 

 undulating; second beyond the middle, straight, oblique; third very- 

 broad, marginal, dentate on its inner side, along which there is a 

 row of brown dots ; two white black-bordered ocelli on the disk. 

 Hind wings luteous, with bands like those of the fore wings; ocelli 

 wholly black on the upper side. Length of the body 8 — 8% lines ; 

 of the wings 23 — 24 lines. 



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



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



Section VIII. 



Mas. Palpi breves, caput non superantes. Alae anticse apice 

 subangulatae ; posticae abdomen longe superantes. 



Male. Palpi short, not extending beyond the head. Abdomen 

 extending to a little beyond half the breadth of the hind wings. Fore 

 wings forming a somewhat rounded and almost right angle at the 

 tip, straight and oblique along the exterior border; second inferior 

 vein nearly twice further from the third than from the first ; third a 

 little further from the fourth than from the second. 



20. Darala postica. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca, subtus lutea ; caput antice et palpi 

 subtus testacea ; alee antica ocellis duobus parvis discalibus 

 albidis nigro marginatis fasciisque tribus obliquis fuscis, pos- 

 tica apud cos tarn lutece. 



Male. Ferruginous-brown, luteous beneath. Head in front 

 and palpi beneath testaceous. Fore wings with two small whitish 

 black-bordered discal ocelli, and with three oblique brown bands ; 

 first band across the first ocellus; second beyond the second ocellus : 

 third zigzag, double, submarginal. Hind wings luteous in front, 

 like the fore wings, but with the first baud and the outer part of the 

 third one indistinct; two black dots instead of the ocelli. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 21 lines. 



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



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