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broader, leaving a small ochreous space on fore wing beyond the 

 postmedial line between veins 7 and 3, and a narrow band on 

 hind wing. 



Hob. W. Africa ; Dharmsala ; Ceylon ; Borneo ; Flores ; Fiji. 

 Exp. 18 millim. 



4818. Marasmia bilinealis, Hmpsn. 1U. Set. viii, p. 139, pi. 155, 



fig. 25. 

 Dolichostica subauralis, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) xviii, p. 175. 



Differs from venilialis in the fore wing having no medial dark 

 costal spots on a pale ground ; the marginal dark area of both 

 wings somewhat narrow and of nearly even width throughout. 



ffab. Nilgiris ; Ceylon ; Borneo. Exp., 3 16, $ 16-22 millim. 



B. Maxillary palpi triangularly dilated with scales; fore wing 

 rather more produced at apex. 



4819. Marasmia trapezalis, Guen. Delt. fy Pyr. p. 200. 



Botys creonalis, Wlk. Cat. xviii, p. 579 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, 



pi. 180, fig. 10 ; C.$S. no. 4121. 

 Botys neoclesalis, Wlk. Cat. xviii, p. 635. 

 Botys suspicalis, Wlk. Cat. xviii, p. 667. 

 Botys convectalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1411. 

 Cnaphalocrocis bifurcalis, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxiii, p. 219, & xxvi, 



p. 136, pi. 8, fig. 5 ; C. $ S. no. 4117. 

 Dolichosticha perinephes, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 236. 



Pale ochreous suffused with fuscous brown; palpi blackish, 

 white below ; anal tuft striped with white. Fore wing with the 

 costal and outer areas most suffused with brown ; indistinct oblique 

 subbasal and antemedial lines ; two dark specks on discocellulars ; 

 a fine oblique postmedial line excurved between veins 6 and 2, and 

 with a diffused curved line beyond it. Hind wing with antemedial 

 and medial oblique lines almost meeting at anal angle ; a post- 

 medial line from costa to vein 2, sometimes almost connected with 

 the medial line ; the outer area suffused with brown. Both wings 

 with dark marginal line and line through the cilia, which are 

 pale. 



Hob. Neotropical, Ethiopian, Oriental, and Australian regions. 

 Exp. 22 millim. 



4820. Marasmia fusifascialis, n. sp. 



cJ. Differs from trapezalis in the fore wing having a broad 

 subcostal fuscous fascia from base through the cell to the post- 

 medial line, which is straight from costa to vein 2, then much bent 

 inwards ; no submarginal line. Hind wing with no antemedial 

 line; the postmedial line bent inwards at vein 2, and almost 

 touching the discocellular speck ; no submarginal line. 

 Hob. Ceylon (Green). Exp. 24 millim. Type in B. M. 



