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lines, the former angled outwards below cell, the latter inwards 

 and oblique ; a black discocellular spot. Hind wing with indis- 

 tinct dark curved postmedial line; both wings with marginal 

 series of black specks. 



Hob. Sikhim (Pilcher). Eccp. 24 millim. Type in B. M. 



SECT. IV. Male with the palpi similar to the female ; antennsB 

 somewhat thickened and minutely ciliated. 



A. (Epipaschia). Antennae of male with a very long flagellate process 



from the basal joint recurved over thorax and fringed with long 

 hair and scales below. 



4445. Macalla validalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1218. 



Scopocera minor, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 203 ; C. $ S. no. 4483. 

 Peucela fumosalis, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) xvii, p. 461. 



Golden olive, slightly irrorated with black scales. Fore wing 

 with black marks on costa ; an interrupted antemedial black line 

 outwardly oblique from costa to vein 1 ; a prominent black spot at 

 end of cell ; a minutely dentate postmedial line excurved from 

 vein 6 to 2 ; a marginal series of black specks ; the cilia fuscous. 

 Hind wing fuscous with a slight rufous tinge, and with traces of 

 a curved postmedial line ; a dark line through the cilia. Underside 

 with minutely denticulate curved postmedial line. 



One specimen has a large white patch on medial area of fore 

 wing, and white patch on costa beyond the postmedial line. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Khtisis ; Nagas ; Borneo. Exp. 22 millim. 



B. (Parasarama). Antennae of male with no process from basal joint. 



4446. Macalla dimidialis, SnelL Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 568. 



Pale grey ; palpi fuscous. Fore wing with two red-brown spots 

 on basal half of costa ; the outer area red-brown, commencing from 

 middle of costa obliquely to lower angle of cell; an indistinct 

 postmedial line outlined with grey most strongly at costa and 

 inner margin, bent outwards and minutely dentate between 

 veins 6 and 2, then bent inwards and sinuous. Hind wing grey 

 with a fuscous tinge, with faint traces of minutely dentate curved 

 postmedial line. 



Hob. Sikhim. Exp. 22 millim. 



4447. Macalla parvula, n. sp. 



J . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey and fuscous, metathorax 

 and first abdominal segment with paired dark tufts ; anal tuft 

 ochreous. Fore wing with the basal area olive-brown, bounded by 

 a sinuous black line with white suffusion beyond it; the outer 

 area fuscous brown ; a black discocellular speck ; the postmedial 

 line blackish, oblique from costa to vein 4, then retracted to lower 

 angle of cell and diffused to inner margin. Hind wing whitish, 



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