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a speck at end of cell, and with a dark line on its outer edge, beyond 

 which are two orange blotches irrorated with black, the lower, and 

 often the upper, with a black patch at centre ; cilia white. Under- 

 side with the base of wings orange. 



. More irrorated with fuscous ; often suffused with rufous, 

 and with the pale band grey ; the cilia fuscous. Underside with 

 the outer area suffused with orange and blotched with white. 



A melanism from the Khasis is almost entirely suffused with 

 black. 



Larva green, with dorsal and sublateral yellow stripes ; or brown 

 with the stripes white. Food -plant, Mimosa condnna. 



Hab. Throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma ; Andamans. Exp. 

 42 millim. 



3234. Macaria inchoata, Wlk. Cat. xxiii, p. 931 ; C.fy S. no. 3642. 



Differs from fasciata in being pale reddish brown ; the band 

 hardly differentiated except by the line on its outer edge ; the 

 patches beyond it on hind wing slight ; the cilia concolorous. 

 Underside with the basal orange area irrorated with white. 



This approaches very near the rufous form of fasciata, and may 

 be only a variety. 



Hob. Bombay ; Nilgiris ; Moulmein. Exp. 42 millim. 



3235. Macaria subalbataria, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1889, p. 428. 



Differs from inchoata in being greenish fuscous in tone ; hind, 

 wing with no patches beyond the band. 



Hob. N. Canara ; Nilgiris. Exp. 42 millim. 



3236. Macaria nora, Wlk. Cat. xxiii, p. 934 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii 



pi. 203, figs. 5, 5 a ; C. $ S. no. 3634. 

 Macaria neonora, Wlk. Cat. xxiii, p. 934. 



Differs from fasciata in being suffused with black, especially 

 beyond the medial band of both wings. Tore wing with a black 

 speck at end of cell ; hind wing with the black patches beyond 

 the band more numerous ; a white patch on the outer area below 

 vein 4. 



Hab. Throughout India and Ceylon. Exp. 42 millim. 



3237. Macaria xanthonora, Wlk. Cat. xxiii, p. 935 ; Butl. Ill Het. 



vi, pi. 118, fig. 12; C. $ S. no. 3635. 



Differs from nora in having the outer part of the band of fore 

 wing suffused with orange ; the band of hind wing orange except 

 its inner edge ; the black patches as in fasciata and no white patch 

 on outer area. Underside with the whole hind wing orange as 

 far as the outer edge of the band. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Bhutan ; Khasis ; Nilgiris ; Burma. Exp. 42 

 millim. 



