176 ME. r. WALKER ON HETEKOCEEOUS LEPIDOPTEEA 



obsolete ; the line along its outer side more distinctly macular. 

 Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



393. MiNiCA NIGRILINEA, n. s. ¥(£771. Cinerea, capitc thoraccquc au- 

 tico cervinis, alis anticis dimidio basali cerviuo lineam nigram inclu- 

 dente, dimidio exteriore lineis nonnuUis denticulatis fuscis fasciaque 

 interrupta cervina, alis posticis subhyalinis fusco latissime marginatis. 



Female. Cinereous. Head, fore part of the thorax, and fore wings for 

 nearly half the surface from the base, bright fawn-colour. Third joint 

 of the palpi nearly as long as the 2nd. Fore wings with a black line 

 on the fawn-coloured part, which is bounded by a bi'own line ; exterior 

 part with slight transverse denticulated brown lines, and with a much 

 interrupted fawn-coloured band ; marginal points black. Hind wings 

 iridescent, almost hyaline, very broadly bordered with brown ; fringe 

 whitish. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



Gen. Maceda, Walk. 



394. Maceda mansueta. Walk. Cat. Lep. 3rd ser. 1141. Var. Calduba 

 obtenta, Walk. Cat. Lep. 3rd ser. 1815. 



Inhabits also Ceylon. 



395. Maceda discalis, n. s. Mas. Cervina, subtus alba, abdomine 

 subcristato, alis anticis lineis tribus fuscis angulosis, 3* guttulari, litura 

 basali nigricante, plaga costali cervina nigricante marginata punctum 

 nigrum includente, alis posticis fuscis macula magna discali albida 

 semihyalina. 



Male. Fawn-colour, white beneath. Third joint of the palpi conical, 

 hardly one-fourth of the length of the 2nd. Antennae minutely pu- 

 bescent. Abdomen brownish cinereous, slightly crested. Legs white 

 beneath ; tarsi with white bands. Fore wings with three more or less 

 zigzag brown lines ; 3rd line bent, somewhat guttular ; blackish mark 

 on the base of the interior border ; a large dark fawn-coloured patch 

 adjoining the costa, containing a black point, diiFusedly blackish- 

 bordered, dentate along the hind part of its outer side. Hind wings 

 brown, with a large whitish semihyaline discal spot, and with an 

 elongated white mark on the hind part of the exterior border. Length 

 of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Fam. OPHIDERID.^, Guen. 

 Gen. Ophideees, Boisd. 



396. Ophideres fullouica, Lirin. Syst. i. 2. 812. 16 (Phalajna Noctua). 

 Inhabits also West Africa, Hindostan, Ceylon, Australia, Navigators' 



Islands, and New Hebrides? 



Gen. PnxLLODEs, Boisd. 



397. Phyllodes semilinea, n. s. Foem. Cervina, alis anticis lineis 

 subobscurioribus flexis diffusis indistinctis, linealongitudinali exteriore 



