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22. Darala canescens. 



Mas. Cana, nitens ; antenna testacea ; ala fascia media gracili 

 recta obliqua cinerascente guttis concoloribus extus marginata, 

 antica ocellis duobus parvis nigris rufo-cinctis, posticus striga 

 submarginali rufescente. 



Mate. Hoary, shining". Antennae testaceous. Wings with a 

 slender straight oblique grayish middle band, which is accompanied 

 on its outer side by a row of grayish dots. Fore wings with two 

 small reddish ocelli, whose disks are blackish. Hind wings with a 

 reddish streak towards the end of the interior border. Length of 

 the body 9£ lines ; of the wings 28 lines. 



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



Section XI. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Antennas mediocriter pectinate, 

 thorace paullo longiores. Alas anticae apud costam rectae, apice 

 subangulatae ; posticae abdomen perpaullo superantes. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Antennas moderately pecti- 

 nated, a little longer than the thorax. Abdomen reaching to nearly 

 live-sixths of the breadth of the hind wings. Fore wings straight 

 along the costa till near the tip, where they are very slightly convex, 

 forming a slightly obtuse angle at the tip, oblique, and nearly 

 straight along the exterior border ; interior angle much rounded. 



23. Darala inornata, 



Mas. Pallide flava ; palpi pedesque anteriores ferruginei ; ala 

 fascia guttulari nigra, anticce maculis duabus parvis discali- 

 bus nigricantibus. 



Male. Pale yellow. Palpi ferruginous. Antennas testaceous. 

 Anterior legs mostly ferruginous. Wings with the usual band of 

 black dots, which are indistinct and very minute. Fore wings with 

 two small blackish discal spots. Length of the body 9^ lines ; of 

 the wings 28 lines. 



a. Swan River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



Section XII. 



Fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Antennas subpectinatae, thorace 

 multo longiores. Alae longiusculas ; anticae apud costam subcon- 

 vexae, apice angulatae ; posticae abdomen vix superantes. 



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