Classification of the PyralUse. 465 



B. {Macalla). Autenn^B of raale with a long- process 

 from basal joint extending to end of thorax ; fore- 

 wino' with no costal sweliino-. 



Type. (13). fMACALLATiiYRsiSALis, Wlk., xvi., 150 . Honduras. 

 ^Arudropha mixtalix, Wlk., x.xxiv., 1257. 



(14). fMAfALr.A IIYPOXANTIIA, 11. Sp. 



(^ , Head and thorax black with a few ochreous scales ; abdomen 

 wholly black. Forewiug fuscous, the areas below basal part of 

 median nervures, at apex and outer angle tinged with rufous ; 

 an indistinct obliquely sinuous antemedial black line ; large tufts 

 of black scales in end of cell and on discocellulars ; a minutely 

 dentate black postmedial line, oblique and defined by grey from 

 costa to vein 4 where it is strongly angled, angled inwards below 

 vein 2. Hindwing ochreous suffused with fuscous especially on 

 outer half ; brownish ochreous below, the costa suffused with black. 



• Eab. Sikhim, 1800' (Dudgeon). Kvp. 26 mm. 



Sect. II. {Telephasa). — Male with the maxillary palpi 

 filiform ; the 2nd joint of palpi short, the 3rd 

 upturneel straight, reaching far above vertex of 

 head and thickly clothed in front with down- 

 wardly directed hair ; antennte fasciculate with a 

 short process from basal joint. 



(15). Macalla derogatella, Wlk., xxvii., 30 N.-W. and E. 

 ■\ Telephasa orbiculifera, Moore, Lap. Atk., Himalayas, 



p. 201. Borneo. 



iTelephasa nubilosa, Moore, Lep. Atk,, 

 p. 201. 



Sect. III. Palpi of male with a fringe of hair on 1st 

 joint above so that the palpi are thrown forward; 

 the 2nd joint long with fringe of downcurved 



' hair longest towards extremity ; 3rd joint minute 



and porrect ; basal joint of antennas long without 

 process, the shaft set on at an angle. 



(16). tMACALLA scoriRnYNCiiA, Hmpsn., Moths 



Ind., iv., p. 114 Sikhim. 



Sect. IV. Male with the palpi similar to female. 



A. (Epipaschia). Antennas of male with a process from 

 basal joint recurved over thorax and fringed with 

 longf hair and scales below. 



