112 PYRALIDjE. 



postmedial line with dark inner edge bent outwards at vein 5 and 

 obsolete below vein 2 ; cilia of both wings chequered white and 

 black. 



Hob. Krasnowvodsk, Siberia ; Punjab ; Karachi. Exp., 3 18, 

 $ 24 millim. 



SECT. II. Fore wing with vein 9 given off from 8. 

 4438. Lepidogma mfescens, n. sp. 



$> . Head, thorax and abdomen pale rufous. Fore wing pale 

 rufous irrorated with black scales ; the discocellular tuft black : 

 a broad diffused grey band beyond middle traversed by a minutely 

 waved dark line ; the outer area redder, with a marginal series of 

 black specks. Hind wing pale rufous. 



Hab. Bhutan (Dudyeori). Exp. 20 millim. Type in B. M. 



Genus MACALLA. 



Macalla, Wlk. xvi, p. 155 (1858). 

 Laraida, Wlk. Cat. xvi, p. 252. 

 Allata, Wlk. Cat. xxvii, p. 110 (1863). 

 Epipaschia, Clem. Proc. Nat. Set. Phil. 1860, p. 14. 

 Calinipaxa, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1218 (1865). 

 Teliphasa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 200 (1888). 

 Parasarama, Moore, A. M. N. H. (6) vi, p. 474 (1890). 

 Orthotrichophora, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) vii, p. 429 (1891). 



Type, M. thyrsisalis, Wlk., from Honduras. 



Range. Nearctic and Neotropical regions ; Japan ; Oriental and 

 Australian regions. 



Palpi upturned, in female the 2nd joint long and reaching 

 above vertex of head, the 3rd long ; tibiae slightly hairy. Fore 

 wing with the apex rectangular ; veins 4, 5 closely approximated 

 for one-third of their length ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 free. Hind 

 wing with vein 3 from angle of cell ; 4, 5 closely approximated for 

 one-third length ; 6, 7 from angle of cell or shortly stalked. 



The typical species belongs to Sect. L, but has long processes 

 from basal joints of antennae. 



SECT. I. (Lamida). Male with the 2nd joint of palpi short, the 

 3rd immensely dilated and curved over vertex of head, with a 

 hollow containing the brush-like maxillary palpi ; antennae 

 minutely ciliated, with a tuft of hair from the head behind 

 them. 



4439. Macalla nubilalis, Hmpsn. 111. Net. ix, p. 167, pi. 172, fig. 9. 



$> . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous grey with a few 

 black scales ; patagia olive at base. Fore wing olive-green and 

 grey ; the costal area fuscous to middle ; an oblique black ante- 

 medial line with a raised tuft of long scales on it; fan-shaped 



