3071 Author Zelazny, B. Author Webb, M. D. text Zootaxa 2011 2011-10-28 3071 1 307 journal article 1175­5334 Key to the species of Rhotana from Australia 1. Forewings with a group of 7 to 8 prominent, round, black marks near hind margin (e.g. Fig. 228f )...................... 2 - Forewings without such marks........................................................................... 3 2. Margins of facial carinae contiguous at bases; forewings with bases of most median sectors conspicuously lined with narrow bands of infuscation; no orange forewing veins ( Fig. 228 )................. R. gressittorum sp. nov. ( R. pavo group), p. 90 - Margins of facial carinae well separated throughout ( Fig. 234c ), forewings without conspicuous, narrow infuscated bands along bases of median sectors, some forewing veins orange............. R. septemmaculata Distant ( R. pavo group), p. 93 3. All forewing veins bright red........................................ R. haematoneura Kirkaldy (ungrouped), p. 99 - Few if any forewing veins bright red...................................................................... 4 4. Forewings red around last subcostal sector, apices of Ms1a, Ms2, Ms3, and Ms4 each with a small black spot ( Fig. 238f )......................................................... R. quadrimaculata Distant ( R. quadrimaculata group), p. 96 - Forewings without red mark around last subcostal sector, tips of Ms3 and Ms4 may each have a small dark spot ( Fig. 239f ), but tips of Ms1a and Ms2 always without such marks............................................................ 5 5. Forewings with short dark stripes near hind-margin along apical cross-veins between Cu, Cu1, Ms1a, and Ms1b, tips of apical lobes of male aedeagus blunt in dorsal view ( Fig. 246 )......................... R. mendax sp. nov. (ungrouped), p. 101 - Forewings without such short stripes, apical part of male aedeagus with two pointed processes ( Fig. 239 ).......................................................................... R. ramentosa Distant ( R. quadrimaculata group), p. 96