﻿^7 Joufn., Horn. Nat. Hist. Soc, Vol. XVIIL, No. 4 [Nov. 15, 1908. 



Macarostola paradisia, n. sp. 



^. 11 mm. Head ochreous- whitish, back of crown and sides of face 

 crimson-pink. Palpi smooth-scaled, crimson-pink, terminal joint longer than 

 second, whitish. Antennso whitish-ochrcous. Thorax whitish, anteriorly crim- 

 Bon-pink. Abdomen light grey, beneath white with lateral series of oblique 

 grey lines edged posteriorly with ochreous-yellowish. Legs white, partially 

 buffused with yellowish, and ringed with blackish-grey. Forewings very 

 narrowly elongate, parallel-sided, short pointed, apex obtuse ; light crimson; 

 base narrowly pale yellowish ; a moderate subquadrate yellow spot on dorsum 

 ^'^"l towards base ; two elongate yelloW spots on dorsum before and beyond middle 



of wing, touching above so as to enclose a small crimson spot on dorsum ; a 

 pale yellowish streak from costa at ^, at first transverse, angulated in disc and 

 continued longitudibally to ^ ; an oblique pale yellowish streak from costa 

 before middle, reaching nearly half across wing ; a longitudinal pale yellowish 

 inark in disc at |; an elongate yellow spbt along termen beyond tornus ; a 

 transvei-se black mai/k neai* apex, edged anteriorly towards costa with yellow 

 suffusion : cilia grey, round apex yellowish, base on upper part of termen 

 crimson. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, in October (Pole) ; oHe speuimeti. 



Macarosiola hterattthes, Meyr, 



(^Coriscium hterattthes, Meyr., Journ. Bomb, N. H. Soc, XVII, 745.) 



In this species the second joint of palpi is shortly tufted beneath, as is implied 

 by the reference to the genus coriscium, which I have now suppressed. 



Macarosiola thfiamUca, Meyr. 



{Gtacilaria thriambica, Meyr., Journ. Bolnb, N. H. Soc, XVIl, '745.) 



Second joint of palpi smooth-scaled. 



Macarosiola coccinea, Wals. 



{Gracilaria coccinea, Wals., Swinh. Cat. Het., ii, 576.) 



I do not possess this, but it is probably referable here. 



Macarosiola callischema, n. sp. 



Jt. 9 mm. Head yellow-whitish, sides of face crimson. Palpi smooth- 

 scaled crimson, terminal joint longer than second, whitish. Antenna; ochreous- 

 whitish. Thorax crimson, posteriorly pale yellowish. Abdomen pale grey, 

 towards apex yellow-whitish, beneath white, with lateral series of oblique grey 

 lines edged posteriorly with whitish-yelluwish. Legs whitish ringed with black- 

 ish grey, anterior femora crimson-tinged. Forewings very narrowly elongate, 

 parallel sided, short-pointed ; crimson-red ; markings pale whitish-yellowish, 

 becoming yellow towards dorsum ; three rather oblique rounded-triangular 

 dorsal spots reaching more than half across wing, apex of third produced poste- 

 riorly as a longitudinal streak in disc ; between first and second is a subdorsal 

 dot ; an elongate anteriorly dilated spot beneath costa before middle 

 and a sinuate streak beneath central portion of costa, anteriorly resting 

 on costa and almost meeting preceding spot ; minute costal dots at 1,1, and 

 beyond I ; a narrow oblique autoapical fascia, rather dilated towards 

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