New or little-known Heterocera from Madagascar. 97 



as shown in the figure,* but this is not mentioned in the 

 description. 



Head, legs, and antennae reddish brown ; thorax rather brighter, 

 palpi in female darker; abdomen shining ochreous with reddish 

 suffusion. Fore-tving uniformly reddish ochreous, the costa clothed 

 with ochreous scales, and many transverse bars of the same. Hind- 

 iving yellowish ochreous without markings. Exp. ^ 50, $ 70 mm. 



Macalla malgassica, sp. n. Plate VI. 



Somewhat Hke a small species from Natal. 



Head white, antennae, palpi and legs dark grey; thorax dark, 

 with collar and patagia grey; abdomen ochreous. Fore-iving pale 

 grey, with darker markings; an antemedian and postmedian line 

 indicated by dark dots, a darker patch in the cell; subterminal 

 line a series of dark dashes, fringes grey. Hind-wing ochreous. 

 Exp. 24 mm. 



Taeniaphora, gen. nov. (Sub-family Epipaschianae). 



Palpi porrcct, extending twice the length of the head, second 

 joint fringed with hair above and below, third joint long and naked. 

 Antennae of both sexes pectinated, but simple at the tip; tibiae 

 with fairly long spines. Fore-wing vein 6 from end of cell, 7, 8, 

 and 9 stalked. Hind-wing 3, 4, and 5 from end of cell; median 

 nervure not pectinated; no raised scales below the cell on the 

 upper side, but on the underside of the fore-wing the scales in the 

 cell are crowded together, and slightly raised ; the longitudinal fold 

 below the cell in the fore-wing in the male has no scales, but a 

 number of vertical striae ; in the female the scales are normal. 



Taeniaphora submarginata, sp. n. Plate V. 



Palpi and antennae pale ochreous; legs the same, with reddish 

 hairs on the tibiae ; thorax and patagia reddish ochreous, abdomen 

 paler. Fore-wing pale ochreous with fuscous imier and hind margm ; 

 at the base of the costa is a blackish shade, followed by two dark 

 spots ; fringe ochreous spotted with reddish ; at the end of the cell 

 is a conspicuous black dot, and beyond this a series of fine black 

 triangular marks margined outwardly with paler. Hind-wing pale 

 ochreous, with a thin black marginal line and pale fringe. Under- 

 side pale, broadly margined on the costa of both wings with reddish, 

 and with a dark spot at the end of cell in both wings. Exp. 50 mm. 



* Hampson's Moths of India. 

 TRANS. ENT. SOC. LOND. 1917.— PART I. (NOV.) 11 



