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Genus Marcala, Walk. 



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

 p. 1764. 



Fam. Zerenid^. 

 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 ly"^ inch. 



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



R. TRANSECTATA, 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. 1 142. 



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. Lmd Sherwill). In Coll. F. Moore. 



A. MARTARiA, Guen. Phal. ii. p. 205. 



A. LEOPARDiNATA, Kollar, Hugel's Reis. Kasch. iv. p. 490; Guen. 

 Phal. ii. p. 206. 



