BY A. JEFFERIS TURNER, M.D., F.E.S. 137 



MaCALLA MNIOMIMA, )i. rSp. 



/irLOfjLijio<;, imitating moss. 



(^ 9 23-25 mm. Head white with a green spot on 

 crown. Palpi green with a iew whitish scales. Antennae 

 ochreous- whitish ; ciliations in ^ 2 ; antennal process in 

 (^ green. Abdomen pale-green mixed with whitish. Legs 

 whitish mixed with green and fuscous ; tarsi green-fuscous 

 annulated with whitish. Forewings elongate-triangular, 

 costa slightly arched, apex rounded, termen bowed, slightly 

 oblique ; whitish densely suffused \\ ith yellow-green which 

 is arranged in confused, broken, dentate or wavy transverse 

 lines ; a dark-fuscous median spot at ! ; beyond this an 

 incomplete wavy w^hitish transverse fascia, divided into 

 two by a wavy green line ; a dark-fuscous median sub- 

 costal spot with a similar spot or suffusion between it and 

 dorsum ; sometimes some patchy dark-fuscous suffusion 

 towards termen ; cilia whitish with a basal series of yellow- 

 green dots. Hindwings grey ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Type in Coll., Turner. 



X.Q. Atherton in February ; four specimens. Also in 

 British Museum from Xew Guinea. 



Macalla chlorophcena, n. sp. 

 X^(opn(t>oLvo<;, green and red. 



^ 9 35-42 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, and antenna? 

 yellowish-green. Antennal cihations in g short (|). 

 Abdomen whitish partly suffused with pale-reddish, with 

 a few fuscous scales. Legs ochreous-whitish. Forewings 

 elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, apex rounded, 

 termen bowed, slightly oblique ; whitish densely but patchily 

 suffused with brownish-green ; a short transverse linear 

 dark-fuscous discal mark beneath mid-costa : a pale trans^ 

 verse line from f costa to i dorsum, angulated outwards 

 in middle, and succeeded by a darker shade containing 

 some dark-fuscous scales ; an interrupted dark-greenish 

 terminal line ; cilia whitish. Hindwings ])rownish-red ; 

 a dark-fuscous terminal band, broadest at apex ; cilia 

 pale-reddish. 



Type in Coll., Turner. 



Q. Mount Tambourine, in December and January -^ 

 two specimens. 



