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irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal himile and indistinct diffused curved 

 postmedial line. 



Habitat, — Assam, Khasis. U.vj/. 40 mill. Type in B. M. 



2544 b. BocuLA macojua, Swinh., A. M. N. H. (7) xviii., p. 410 (IQOti). 



S ■ Head and thorax pale rufous slightly irrorated with fuscous ; palpi 

 fuscous ; forelegs and the tarsi fuscous ; abdomen greyish dorsally suffused 

 with fuscous. Forewing pale rufous slightly irrorated with fuscous ; a 

 black point on median nervure at origin of vein 2 ; traces of a very cblique 

 sinuous medial line ; postmedial line represented by a very oblique series 

 of minute dark points on the veins ; an obliqvie sinuous fuscous fascia from 

 apex to vein 5 just beyond the postmedial line with a straight black line 

 diffused on outer side from its extremity to inner margin near tornus, the 

 area beyond it tinged with fuscous to the indistinct diffused sinuous subter- 

 minal line ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hindvving pale 

 brown suffused with fiiscous ; the underside grey irrorated with brown, 

 the terminal area suffused with fuscous to vein 2, a slight discoidal lunule 

 and indistinct diffused curved postmedial line. 



Habitat — Assam, Khasis, Hxj). 28 Mill. 



2/555. AcANTHO.LiPE8 HYPENOiDES insert (Syn.) liivula magniplayu . 



Swinh, A. M. N. H. (7) xvi., p, 

 022 (1900). 



Genus Masoa. 



Type. 



Masea, Wlk., xvi. 8 (18o8) abactalis. 



Fhagytra, Wlk., xxxiv. 1508 (1865) abactalis. 



Probosis fully developed ; palpi obliquely ux^turned, the 2nd joint rea- 

 ching to about vertex of head and moderately scaled, the Srd moderate ; 

 f rons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antennsB of male ciliated ; head and 

 thorax clothed with hair and scales and without crests ; fore femora and 

 tibiie of male broadly fringed Avith hair, the 1st joint of tarsus Avith tuft 

 of hair ; mid tibiee broadly fringed with hair ; hind tibiee broadly fringed 

 on both sides with hair and with tuft of very long hair from base ; 

 abdomen without crests. Forewing Avith the apex rectangidar, the term en 

 -slightly angled at vein 4 ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from 

 upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing Avith 8 to form the areole ; 11 from 

 cell. Hiudwing with veins o*4 from angle of cell ; 5 from above angle : 6' 7 

 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing Avith the cell near base only. 

 2m^&. Masca ABACTALIS, Wlk., xvi., 9 (1858). 



Pkafjytra leucof/astralis, Wlk., xxxiv., 1508 (1865). 

 Metria flatypoda, Feld., Keis. Nov., pi. 120, f. 44 (1878). 

 Head and thorax AAhite mixed Avith reddish-broAvn ; antennae ringed 

 brown and AA'hite : hindlegs with the tufts of hair black at tips ; abdomen 

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