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Genus Marcala, Walk. 



Marcala ignivorata, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxvi. Geom. 

 p. 1764. 



Fam. Zerenid.e. 



Genus Rhyparia, Hiibn. 

 Rhyparia ductaria, Walk. ib. xxiv. Geom. p. 1111. 



R. MACULATA, n. Sp. • 



Male cinereous white : fore wing suffused with cinereous in the 

 middle ; a row of cinereous- brown spots along each vein from the 

 base, a submarginal and marginal row of contiguous spots ; some 

 quadrate paler spots on the costa, and smaller spots on posterior 

 margin : hind wing with three transverse curved rows of similar 

 spots. Head and palpi above blackish. Antennae brown. Thorax 

 and abdomen black-spotted. Underside paler, marked as above. 

 Legs blackish above. 



Expanse l-j^ inch. 



Bengal. In Coll. A. E. Russell ; F. Moore. 



R. TRANSECTATAj Walk. ib. p. 1112. 



Genus Percnia, Guen. 

 Percnia felinaria, Guen. Phal. ii. p. 216, pi. 19. f. 1. 



Genus Nelcynda, Walk. 

 Nelcynda rectificata, Walk. I. c. xxiv. Geom. p. 1142. 



Genus Abraxas, Leach. 

 Abraxas tigrata, Guen. Phal. ii. p. 202. 



A. TIGRATA, var. 



Female white ; costa and exterior border of both wings yellowish: 

 fore wing with numerous small confluent blackish-cinereous spots at 

 the base and on posterior margin ; a large medial spot, exterior to 

 and above which is a large confluent discal and costal spot ; a sub- 

 marginal recurved series of spots, and a rather broad marginal im- 

 perfectly maculated band interspersed with yellow : hind wing with 

 several small spots along anterior border, a large discal spot, a sub- 

 marginal series and marginal row of transversely narrow contiguous 

 spots and strigae. Head and body yellow, black-spotted above and 

 beneath. Palpi with black tip. Legs blackish. 



Expanse 3 inches. 



Bengal {Capt. J. Lind Sherwill). In Coll. F. Moore. 



A. MARTARiA, Gucu. Plial. ii. p. 205. 



A. leopardinata, Kollar, Hiigel's Reis. Kasch. iv. p. 490; Guen. 

 Phal. ii. p. 206. 



