( :?99 ) 



first narrow, the last broader, its outer edge irregularly dentate, marked by dark 

 spots ou veins followed by white scales; three snbapical white marks beyond; 

 cell-spot blackish, indistinct: fringe concolorons, with a white patch at apex; basal 

 line dark, with whitish dots at the vein-ends. 



Hiiul/vings : with antemedian and postmedian brown bands; the cell-spot 

 linear, white; fringe wholly brown. 



Underside dull blnish grey, with fuscons striations, and a dark grey-brown 

 submarginal fascia; costa of fore wings ochreons-tinged; a white spot at apex of 

 fringe. Face and palpi dark brown; thorax and abdomen like wings; vertex 

 white. 



Expanse of wings : 34 mm. 



One S from Tawaya, north of Palos Bay, (Celebes, August and September 1896 

 (Doherty). 



Related to i-e.ciHnrki Guen. from Borneo. 



SrBFAMiLV SEMIOTHISINAE. 

 58. Semiothisa emersaria. 



Mucaria emersaria Wlk., XXIII. \>. ;j2.), ? (Silhet ; Moulmein). 



Macaria translineata Wlk., XXXV. p. 1658, cJ (Celebes). 



The species described by Walker from Celebes does not seem to be sprcitiralhf 

 separable from emersaria, the Indian species, though the different island forms may 

 afford slight points of dissimilarity from each other. In a ? from Sumba, which 

 answers almost exactly to his description of translineata from Celebes, tlie black 

 discal blotch of forewings is strongly developed, and the costal triangle and centre 

 of postmedian band of hindwings are both chestnut, while the postmedian fascia 

 beneath is chestnut also. In a ? from Nias the lower half of the black discal mark 

 is obsolete, the postmedian fascia and the basal half of wings olive-grey, the fascia 

 being broader and below dull brown. Again, in a S from near Manila the fascia is 

 much restricted and ochreous grey, while the basal two-thirds as far as the outer 

 line is pale grey with scarcely any darker speckles or suffusion, the fascia below 

 being narrow and dull brown ; the discal black blotch is double, as in the Sumba 

 specimen, but, like the fascia, much narrower. In structure and outline of wing all 

 the forms are absolutely identical. 



59. Semiothisa parallacta \\';irr., Nov. Zool. \\. p. 112, S. 



The ? of this species differs from the S in having none of the black markings, 

 except the blackish dots along the costa ; the lines are therefore much more obscure 

 and almost lost in the dense dusting ; the pale apical streak in the forewings is 

 likewise unrepresented ; the space between the outer and submarginal lines is 

 slightly darkened so as to form a fascia. 



The ? comes from Wassin, British East Africa, and is dated May 1889. 



60. Tephrina auteunata ■■'p. nov. 



cJ. Forewings: smoky ochreous, with numerous black transverse striae ; the costa 

 obli<incly striated with yellow and fuscous, rough-scaled ; the base rather darker : 

 first line curved, at one-fourth, fuscous : second line at two-thirds, brown, evenly 

 curvcd; cell-spot blackish; marginal area darker through the striae being denser; a 



