MICEONACLIA. THYEOSTICTA. 129 



Ab. 1. Fore ■winj? with the patch on inner area connected with 

 the patch in end of cell instead of that on base of cost a. 



Hah. Madagascar. Ex^). 30 millim. Tyi)e t in Coll, Mabille ; 

 flavia in Coll. Oberthiir. 



*241. Micronaclia tenera. (Plate V. fig. 14.) 



Kaclia tenera, M-ah. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. iii. p. 85 (1878); Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 107. 



Head and thorax dark, antennae orange ; abdomen orange, with 

 dorsal series of small black spots. Fore wing black, -svith siuuous 

 subbasal and medial yellow bauds ; a spot between veins 3 and 5 

 and one above 6. Hind Aving orange, with terminal black band 

 expanding widely at apex and between veins 2 and 3, 



Hah. Madagascar. Exp. 22 millim. 



This species is unknown to me ; figured from drawing lent by 

 M. Mabille. 



242. Micronaclia simplex. 



Pseudonaclia simplex, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) iv. p. 236 (1879) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 107. 



Very dark red-brown. Hind 

 wing orange-yellow, with the 

 apical area dark brown, narrow- 

 ing to a point before tornus. 

 Hah. Madagascar, type S , 2 

 Fig. 50. (C. Shaw). Exp., 6 20, § 18 



Microna£lia simplex, ^. \. millim. 



Genus THYEOSTICTA, nov. 



Type, T. quadrimacula. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi porrect, extending beyond the frons ; tibiis 

 with the spurs minute. Fore wing with vein 3 fi-om before angle of ci'll ; 

 4, f) from angle, 5 curved; 6 from below upper angle; 7, 8, 10, 11 stalked, 

 9 absent. Hind wing with veins 4, 5 stalked, 7 absent. 



Sect. I. Hind wing with vein 3 stalked with 4, 5 ; antennre of male ciliated. 



A. Fore wing with orange medial spot on inner area 



separate from the band (5) coiitigua. 



B. Fore wing without medial orange spot on inner area... butleri. 



*243. Thyrosticta contigua. 



Bysauxes contigua, Saalm. Lep. Mad. i. p. 143, pi. 6. f. 93 (1884) ; Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 106. 



$ . Head and thorax black ; palpi, frons, patches on tegulae 

 and patagia, and the greater part of legs orange-yellow ; abdomen 

 orange, with black band on subterminal segment incomplete below. 

 Fore wing black ; a large subbasal orange patch not reaching costa 

 or inner margin ; a quadrate patch across end of cell, extending 

 just above and below it, and with a rounded patch below it from 



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