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Subfamily BISTONINAE. 

 '•'l. Amraica recursaria Wlk. ab. semifusca, uov. 



Forewings: grey, peppered with black scales and tiuged in places with ochraceous; 

 the lines black ; the whole of the central area between first and onter line suffused 

 with brownish fuscous, the outer edge of the suffusion extended from angle of outer 

 line to the apex. 



Hiiithciiigs: with the same suffusion, the inner edge of submarginal line below 

 costa also black-brown. 



Face velvety black above, brown below. 



Expanse of wings : 60 mm. 



One ? from Dammer Island, November 1898 (H. Kiihn). 



I have referred this as an aberration to ^1. rccurmriu ; but it may prove 

 a constant local form. At first sight it ajjpears very distinct. 



Subfamily ASCOTINAE. 

 '■12. Aids 0.) paucisignata sp. nov. 



Forewings : dull brownish ochreous, speckled and striated with blackish ; 

 first line at one-fonrth, curved and indistinct ; onter line fine, blackish, irregularly 

 crennlate, at two-thirds. A small dark cell-spot, followed by an obscure median 

 shade ; marginal area beyond outer line filled up with brownish and finely striated 

 with black, the apical area jiali'r; fringe concolorous lieyond a fine dark marginal line. 



Hindicings : wholly suffused with brownish and sjieckled with black, except 

 the narrow basal area, which remains paler. 



Underside similar, but the ground-colour yellower, and the brown tints brighter; 

 traces of a dark interrupted submarginal shade. Head, thorax, and abdomun like 

 wings ; face and palpi browner. 



Expanse of wings : 3.") mm. 



One ? from the Gunong Ijau, Perak, March 1898 (2000— 3U00 ft.) (Butler). 



Probably near A/cis (cncra Warr., from India, but its exact position must 

 remain doubtful in the absence of the S ; veins 10 and 11 of forewings free. 



93. Calicha rufiplaga sp. nov. 



Forewings: almost black, with a slight rufous tinge ; the lines black ; first 

 curved and double from about one-fourth of costa to near base of inner margin ; 

 second from three-fourths of costa to just beyond middle of inner margin, indented 

 below costa and thickened to vein 0, followed on costa by a small ochreous mark ; 

 submarginal line only shown by the darker internal border, black at costa ; it is 

 preceded above vein 6 by a dull rufous blotch ; au indistinct median shade: marginal 

 line and fringe blackish. 



Jliiiilwiiig.^ : with antemedian, postmedian, and submarginal black lines : cell- 

 spot black. 



Underside smoky black-brown ; the cell-spots and exterior line black, and the 

 rufous blotch sliowing through. Head, thorax, and abdomen all black. 



Expanse of wings : 40 mm. 



One i from .Strathfield, N. S. Wales (Kerslake). 



Veins lo and 11 of forewings short-stalked. 



