New (yr liffle-known Heterocera from Madagascar. 89 



tuft ochreous. Fore-wing yellowish olive suffused with pink, 

 divided longitudiiically into three folds, the costa and edge of second 

 fold pale pink ; indications of a dark first line ; a triangular olive 

 blotch midway along costa, a black dot on vein 5 forming part of 

 a postmedian line ; the hind margin is broadly suffused with fuscous, 

 and there are a few black subterminal points. Hind-wing greyish 

 with faint dark lunule, fringes paler. Exp. 30 mm. 



Borolia parvula, sp. n. Plate II. 



Antennae of male nearly simple. Head, palpi, legs, antennae 

 and thorax reddish ochreous, abdomen rather darker. Fore-wing 

 reddish ochreous, with veins paler, but rather more colour in the 

 cell ; a short dark streak from the base under the cell, two or three 

 dark specks along the costa indicating a postmedian line, a small 

 black dot below the middle of the cell, and another more conspicuous 

 two-thirds along the iimer margin from the base. Hind-icing of 

 male pale ochreous, of female pale grey. Exp. 26 mm. 



Borolia lithargyroides, sp. n. Plate II. 



Head, thorax, palpi, antennae, and legs pinkish ochreous, abdo- 

 men less pink. Fore-wing pinkish oclireous, with a central shade 

 and a triangular shade below apex; on the central shade at the 

 end of the cell is a short white longitudinal streak, and above this 

 a black dot; both antemedian and postmedian lines are repre- 

 sented by a few black dots, and the subterminal line by a complete 

 row. Hind-wing grey, fringes pinkish. Exp. 28 mm. One ?. 



Acosmetia malgassica, sp. n. Plate II. 



Head, legs, antennae and palpi greyish brown ; thorax grey, the 

 collar divided into two prominences; abdomen greyish ochreous. 

 Fore-wing dark grey with a purplish gloss; indications of ante- 

 and post-median lines, subterminal line paler. Hind-iving pale 

 grey. Underside whitish, thickly irrorated with grey. Exp. 

 28 mm. 



Paracaroides pratti, sp. n. Plate I. 



Head, antennae, palpi, and legs chestnut; thorax darker, but 

 with patagia paler; abdomen yellowish ochreous. Fore-wing: the 

 disc is sparsely covered with scales, while the margins have a thicker 

 coat 80 as to appear decidedly raised; pale ochreous, darker to- 

 wards margin, the costa chestnut, with a few white scales; the 

 inner and hind margins have a pale band, followed by one nearly 

 black ; there are two small dark dots at end of cell ; fringes purplish. 



