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veins 3 and 4 ; suliniarf;iiial pale, wavv, Inniilato, preceded on costa by a blackish 

 blotcb, preceded and followed by similar blotches opjjosite the cell ; a row of black 

 marginal spots between the veins ; fringe concolorons ; the black blotches on the 

 various lines sometimes expanded so as to form a dift'use obliijue black sliade from 

 base of first line to hiudmargiu above middle; at the origin of veins 3 and 4 is a 

 wedge-shaped pale spot, white, ochreons, or pale brown. 



llindwimis : with double waved antemedian and j)ostmcdiau blackish lines, with 

 a distinct round black cell-si)ot in the paler fascia between them ; snbmarginal line 

 ]iale, with a dark sliade betbre and beyond it, and preceded opposite the cell by a 

 dark blotch. 



Underside ochreous, mottled with fuscous ; the cell-spots distinct ; a broad 

 fuscous or brownish marginal fascia, more complete on the forewings. Head, thora.x, 

 and abdomen brown ; underside of abdomen and legs luucli paler. 



?. Pale ochreous wood-colour, dusted witli grey; tiw lines marked only by 

 dark dots on veins; the markings varying much in. intensity; the dark oblique shade 

 from base of first line always more or less indicated ; the pale spot on the median 

 often hardly marked. 



Expanse of wings : t?, 32 — 39 mm.; ? , 32— 40 mm. 



Three ? ? , five S S, from Mauritius. 



A variable species, but always distinguishable by the oblique dark shade and 

 pale central spot. 



147. Ectropis macariata sji. nov. 



Forewimiii : silky grey, with a slight lilac tinge; the costa dark grey; the veins 

 in places with black scales ; first line at one-third, vortical, twice curved, dotted on 

 the veins; median line fine, sinuous, just curved round the dark linear cell-streak; 

 outer line at two-thirds, very sinuous, its upper half darker and thicker, marked 

 with darker dots on veins, shortly sinuous outwards from vein 3 to 4, widely 

 inwards from vein 3 to 1 ; npper half of marginal area more or less brown-grey ; 

 subniarginal line pale grey, irregularly waved, preceded by a darker shade, marked 

 with dots on veins ; a marginal row of blackish triangular spots ; fringe pale grey. 



llindtvings : similar, without first line; median line obsolete before costa; basal 

 area to outer line paler than marginal area. 



Underside dull grey, with dark smoky marginal fascia. Face, palpi, and thorax 

 brownish grey ; abdomen paler grey. 



Expanse of wings : 28 mm. 



Two 6 i from Cedar Bay, south of C'ooktown, Queensland (A. S. Meek). 



The fovea is greatly developed. 



148. Ectropis sabulosa Warr., Nov. Zool. IV. p. 04. 



The type, a S, was from Amlwina. A ? lately received from Doherty, taken 

 in August or September 181»() at Tawaya, north of I'alos Bay, Celebes, expands 

 52 mm. The lines in it are marked by small dark sjjots on costa, and by very pale 

 olive-ochreons shades, only the exterior and suljmarginal lines being marked with 

 darker, the snbmarginal forming a grey blotch before apex. On the underside the 

 wings are thickly dusted with greyish fuscous speckles, and the snbmarginal line is 

 marked by a dark grey shade, formuig a blotch on costa. 



