of Heterocera from Japan. 405 
Macariide. 
Macarta, Curtis. 
190. Macaria zachera, n. sp. 
Sordid white, becoming pure white at outer border, speckled 
with black ; two central parallel dark brown lines on a yel- 
lowish ground, the outer one abruptly angulated and forked 
towards the costa of primaries, the fork filled in with ochra- 
ceous; a slender undulated marginal blackish line; fringe 
cream-coloured ; black discocellular spots: primaries crossed 
by an angulated dark brown line near the base. Body 
greyish. Wings below brighter than above, but very similar 
in marking. Expanse 1 inch 5 lines. 
Yokohama (Jonas). 
Near to M. pervolgata. 
191. Macaria maligna, nu. sp. 
Pattern of the preceding species, but the ground-colour 
above slaty grey: below sandy yellow, with broad tawny 
external area; markings as above. Expanse 1 inch 38 lines. 
Yokohama (Jonas). 
Allied to M. vasudeva. 
Biruta, Walker. 
192. Bithia amasa, n. sp. 
Greyish testaceous, covered with brown striations; the 
basal area crossed by two ill-defined subangulated darker 
stripes; a series of blackish discal dots more or less connected 
by a very indistinct undulated line, barely perceptible on the 
primaries; a discal pinky-brownish irregular belt, clouded 
with blackish in. the primaries; outer border paler brown ; 
fringe yellowish: primaries with yellow-dotted black costal 
margin, a pale testaceous apical patch, a series of blackish 
marginal spots: secondaries with whitish costal area; a 
blackish spot near the base; discocellulars blackish. Under 
surface bright testaceous, covered with brown striations ; 
large black discocellular spots; a nearly central ferruginous 
stripe; a broad discal ferruginous belt; outer border clay- 
coloured, clouded with ferruginous: primaries with bright 
testaceous apical spot: anterior coxe bright ochreous. HEx- 
panse 1 inch 8 lines. 
Yokohama (Jonas). 
Allied to ‘‘ Hemerophila” pretereuns. 
