4 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON NEW [Jan. 5, 
Genus Macrocuossa, Ochsenheimer. 
3. MacroGLossa FERVENS, 0. sp. (Plate I. fig. 3.) 
Primaries above red-brown; basal two fifths chocolate-brown; a 
transverse nebulous wavy discal bar of the same colour; two trans- 
verse subapical blackish spots; secondaries bright ferruginous, costa 
testaceous; outer margin dusky: head, thorax, and three basal seg- 
ments olivaceous; these segments orange-tawny at the sides, edged 
with dark brown; terminal segments dark brown; last segment 
edged behind with an unbroken transverse line of snow-white scales; 
a lateral ochre-tipped black tuft; anal tuft dark brown: wings below 
bright ferruginous, bright ochreous at the base, crossed by several 
indistinct darker lines; outer margin rather broadly olive-brown ; 
palpi, pectus, and basal segments of abdomen cream-coloured ; 
remaining segments red-brown ; central segment with a smal] lateral 
white tuft ; two terminal segments with lateral ochre-tipped blackish 
tufts; anal tuft red-brown. Expanse of wings 1 inch 7 lines. 
Canara (Ward). Type, B.M. 
Allied to M. gyrans and M. approximata of Walker ; its position 
will be between the latter and M. gilia of Walker (walkeri, Butl.). 
4. MACROGLOSSA PROXIMA, n. sp. (Plate I. fig. 1.) 
Primaries above dark chocolate-brown, crossed by two diffused 
sericeous bars ; a waved dark-brown transverse streak just beyond 
the cell; secondaries with basal half sordid ochreous, impinged upon 
at base by two diverging black basal dashes, and diffused externally ; 
costa broadly bright stramineous, outer margin broadly dark brown: 
head and abdomen smoky brown; thorax red-brown; sides of abdo- 
men rusty brown, three basal segments with lateral quadrate spots, 
black internally, broadly orange externally ; the three penultimate 
segments with lateral ochre-tipped brown tufts ; last segment but one 
white-edged externally; anal tuft dark brown, with a broad terminal 
orange bar: wings below red-brown, ochraceous at base ; secondaries 
with an orange abdominal streak ; palpi below sordid white; pectus 
sordid testaceous, brownish at the sides; legs testaceous, irrorated 
with brown, the tibize of last pair fringed with ferruginous ; two basal 
segments of abdomen ochreous; remaining segments and anal tuft 
ferruginous internally, dull ochreous externally. Expanse of wings 2 
inches 5 lines. 
Canara (Ward), Ceylon (Templeton). Type, B.M. 
Some varieties of M. passalus* nearly resemble this species on the 
upper surface, but differ in having four distinct transverse blackish 
lines across the primaries, a much less prominent orange terminal bar 
to the anal tuft, and an entirely different coloration on the under 
surface of the abdomen. 
* It is almost certain that the latter are distinct from MM. passalus, as the 
typical Chinese form is altogether redder in hue than its Indian representative ; 
but at present I have not sufficient examples to enable me to separate them with 
certainty. 
