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apex, and continued along costa as far as discal spot; thus 
forming two irregular triangles of black spots; a white 
sinuous denticulate hyaline line from apex costa to f inner mar- 
gin, and there recurved to middle of second line, all black spots 
and line bordered with hyaline. Cilia chocolate fuscous with 
black dots at base. Hindwings chocolate 'fuscous, more thickly 
scaled. Cilia as fore>\dngs. 
One specimen at light ; Brisbane. 
Family LIPARID^. 
Darala Reltoni, nov.sp. 
cT . 52 mm. Head rich fuscous, face ferrous fuscous. 
Palpi ochreous fuscous. Antennfe midrib dark fuscous, pecti- 
nations narrowing at base and apex smoky fuscous. Legs fus- 
cous, tibne alternately annulated with ochreous fuscous. Thorax 
deep fuscous. Abdomen fuscous, with ferruginous tint at base of 
segments. Forewings, costa gently rounded, hindmargin oblique- 
ly rounded, rich fuscous irrorated with shining silver-tipped fus- 
cous scales and black scales, and giving the appearance of a tabby 
cat skm, veim as channels, Uyht fereons with black linear borders, a 
discal spot of ferrous bordered by a black ring beyond A median 
subtemhng an indistinct fuscous line to i inner margin," a darker 
smoky fuscous line parallel to hindmargin f costa to f inner 
margin. Cilia tabby-grey and fuscous. Hindwings as fore- 
Wings. 
Mr. Belton, Charleville. 
Artaxa compacta, nov.sp. 
C? . 14 mm. Head, palpi and thorax ochreous fuscous. 
Antenme fuscous, midrib darker fuscous. Abdomen ochreous 
^scous, with a dorsal chocolate band broadening posteriorly. 
Forewmgs, costa rounded, apex rounded, hindmargin gently 
rounded, chocolate fuscous with a lunar fuscous ochreous patch 
awng as base the middle f of inner margin, and reaching to i 
from costal margin, freely interspersed with fuscous scales ; an 
obscure ochreous dash at | costa, banded by a dark-chocolate 
line anteriorly. Cilia chocolate. Hindwings dark-chocolate, with 
a triangle of fuscous ochreous in centre, apex at base of wing 
base 3 from hindmargin. Cilia fuscous, fuscous ochreous on 
inner margin. 
One specimen, Brisbane, at light. 
