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slender ; fore wings rather elongated, arcuate or sub-arcuate ; 

 hind wings angulated. 



Larva rather short, cylindrical ; living on trees and 

 shrubs. 



We have three species, two of which are very similar. 



A. Fore wings distinctly excavated below the tip ; a much 



divided chocolate spot beyond the middle, 



B. Dusky white tinged with yellow-brown, the spot dis- 



tinctly divided by white lines. M. notata. 



B 2 . Dusky white tinged with grey-brown ; the spot obscurely 



divided and crossed by a grey band. M. alternata. 

 A 2 . Fore wings very slightly excavated, slate grey; no 



divided spot. M. liturata. 



1. M. alternata, Schift. — Expanse 1| to l\ inch. Fore 

 wings concave below the tip ; greyish white with faintly 

 darker cloud}?- lines arising from chestnut costal spots ; a 

 grey band crosses a divided chocolate spot beyond the middle. 

 Hind wings angulated behind, greyish white with a grey 

 shade across the middle. 



Antennae of the male notched like a saw, ciliated, light 

 brown ; palpi small, chestnut-brown ; head of the same 

 colour, moderately smooth ; collar light chestnut ; in front 

 of it is a raised, sharp, paler ridge ; thorax very pale grey, 

 dotted with dark grey, scales of the shoulder-lappets long 

 and loose ; abdomen smooth, the basal portion grey-white, 

 the hinder yellowish-white, all dusted with black, and barred 

 with small black streaks on each segment ; lateral and anal 

 tufts pale yellow-brown. Fore wings rather elongated and 

 pointed ; costa almost straight to near the tip where it 

 becomes arched ; apex decidedly pointed ; hind margin 

 immediately below it sharply hollowed to above the middle, 

 whence it is oblique and almost straight to the anal angle ; 

 dorsal margin straight ; colour dusky white shaded and 



