902 CATALOGUE OF 



Fern. Body moderately stout. Antennae minutely pectinated, 

 much longer than the thorax. Abdomen extending to about five- 

 sixths of the breadth of the hind wings. Wings rather long. Fore 

 wings slightly convex along the costa, rectangular at the tips, 

 oblique and very slightly convex along the exterior border; interior 

 angle obtuse, hardly rounded. 



24. Darala excellens. 



Foem. Rufo-cervina ; caput albidum, macula rufeseente ; pedes 

 albidi, femoribus apice albo maculatis ; alee fascia obliqua 

 ferruginea albido marginata, fasciisque duabus exterioribus 

 angulosis rufescentibus nigro notatis ; anticce maculis margina- 

 libus cinerascentibus ocellisque duabus parvis discalibus albi- 

 dis cinereo marginatis. 



Fern. Keddish fawn-colour. Head whitish, with a pale red- 

 dish spot between the antennae. Antennae testaceous. Legs mostly 

 whitish ; a white spot at the tip of each femur. Wings luteous 

 beyond the straight oblique ferruginous band, which extends from 

 nearly four-fifths of the length of the costa of the fore wings to much 

 beyond half the length of the interior border of the hind wings, and 

 has whitish borders, which are obsolete in some parts on the outer 

 side; between it and the exterior border there are two zigzag red- 

 dish bands, whose angles have blackish spots or dots. Fore wings 

 with some grayish spots along the hinder part of the exterior border, 

 and with two small whitish grayish-bordered discal ocelli. Length 

 of the body 13 lines ; of the wings 40 lines. 



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



Note. — The three following genera appear to connect the 

 Liparidce with the Drepanulidce and the Saturnidce. 



Genus 62. DREATA. 



Corpus sat gracile. Palpi porrecti ; subvalidi caput vix 

 superantes; articulus lus brevis; 3us parvus, longiconicus. Pedes 

 robusti ; tibiae posticae calcaribus duobus sat longis. Alae lata?, aut 

 latissimae ; posticae abdomen plus minusve superantes. Mas. — An- 

 tennae late pectinatae, thorace valde longiores. Foem. — Antennae 

 subpectinatae. 



Body rather slender. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi porrect, mode- 

 rately stout, with short hairs, extending very little beyond the head ; 

 first joint short ; third small, elongate-conical. Abdomen not ex- 



