A20BATHA. MARAPANA. 71 



The Sikhiin form is large and dark, with the costa of fore wing 

 purplish. 



Hab. Sikhiin ; Kilgiris ; Ceylon. Exp. 42-52 millim. 



Genus MARAPANA. 



Marapana, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 227 (1885). 

 Sarcopteron, Hmpsn. III. Met. ix ; p. 115 (1893). 



Type, M. pulverata, Guen. 



Range. Assam; Ceylon; Burma; Sumatra; Java; Borneo, 

 Palpi with the 2nd joint very long and porrect, the 3rd obliquely 

 upturned ; no frontal tuft ; antennae minutely ciliate I in male. 

 Fore wing with the apex somewhat acute ; veins 8 .and 9 anasto- 

 mosing to form the areole. Hind wing with the anal angle trun- 

 cate ; veins 3 and 4 sometimes on a short stalk ; 5 from just below 

 middle of discocellulars. 



SECT. I. (Marapana). Palpi with the 2ud and 3rd joints fringed 

 with long hair on upperside; fore wing with vein 10 from 

 the areole. 



2901. Marapana incongrualis, Wlk. Cat. xvi, p. 232; Moore, Lep. 



Ceyl. iii, pi. 177, tig. 5 ; C. $ S. no. 2925. 



Head, thorax, and fore wing ochreous, with a slight reddish 

 tinge, the last slightly irrorated with dark scales, and with indistinct 

 antemedial, medial, and postmedial waved lines ; two dark specks 

 on the discocellulars, some on costa towards apex, and submarginal 

 and marginal series. Hind wing with the basal area pale ; the 

 outer area fuscous ; underside with cell-spot and medial and post- 

 medial waved lines. 



Hub. Ceylon. Exp. 24 millim. 



2902. Marapana plagifera, Wlk. J m. Linn. Soc. vii, p. 187, 



Differs from incongrualis in being much pinker; fore wing with 

 the submarginal line more sinuous. Hind wing crimson, with 

 large black apical patch. 



In the Naga specimen the outer margin of fore wing is slightly 

 angled at middle, and the whole costal area of hind wing black. 



llab. Nagas ; Sumatra ; Borneo. Exp. 26 millim. 



2903. Marapana nisalis, Wlk. Cat. xix, p. 845 ; Hmpsn. III. Ilet. ix, 



pi. lt>6, tig. 16 ; C. S. no. 2776. 

 Hypena rubripunctalis, Wlk. Cat. xvi, p. 233. 



Differs from incongrualis in being redder. Fore wing with four 

 waved lines ; no dark specks at end of cell ; the outer area suffused 

 with red. Hind wing without black suffusion ; a dark speck in 

 cell ; four indistinct waved rufous lines ; a submarginal series of 

 black specks and marginal crenulate pink line. Underside of fore 

 wing red ; hind wing with two red lines and submarginal series of 

 black specks. 



Hab. Ceylon. Exp. 24 millim. 



