616 SIE G. F. HAMPSON — RETISIOX OF MOTHS [^OV. 15, 



Sect. II. Hind wing with the outer margin slightly indented 

 below veins 6 and 7. 



Type. (2)tjMASSEPHA absoltjtalis, Wlk. xvii. 489. 



India ; Ceylon ; Java ; Celebes. 

 Physematia pollutalis Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxiii. p. 240, & xxvii. 



pi. iv. f. 10, 10 a. 



(3) Massephia bengalensis Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 211, N.E. India. 

 (4)*Massepha entepheiadia, n. sp. 



$ . White ; palpi with black spot at end of 2nd joint ; thorax 

 and abdomen slightly tinged with fulvous ; the latter with a dorsal 

 black point on subterminal segment. Fore wing with the basal 

 area pale fulvous ; a black spot near base of costa ; a curved pale 

 fulvous antemedial line arising from a black spot on costa ; a pale 

 fulvous point in cell and diffused spot on discocellulars ; the post- 

 medial line arising from a black point on costa, oblique from costa 

 to vein 2, where it is retracted to below end of cell ; terminal area 

 pale fulvous ; a black point at apex. Hind wing with traces of 

 antemedial line ; a fuscous discoidal point ; the terminal half pale 

 fulvous with a fuscous tinge ; a postmedial fuscous line bent 

 outwards between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to below end of 

 cell, and defined by white on outer side ; both wings with a fulvous 

 line through cilia. 



Hah. AVarri, Niger. Exp. 16 mm. Type in Coll. Eothschild. 



(5)t3lASSEPHA GRACILIS, n. Sp. 



d . White tinged with very pale brown. Fore wing with the 

 basal area, diffused ante- and postmedial bands, and a marginal 

 patch below apex very pale bro\A u ; the postmedial baud outwardly 

 bounded by a straight line from costa to vein 5. Hind wing with, 

 diffused pale brown ante- and postmedial bands and patch on 

 apical area. 



Hab. Espiritu Santo. Exp. 14 mm. 



Sect. III. Hind wing with the outer margin evenly curved. 



(6) Massepha carbokalis Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) xvii. p. 148. 



Assam. 

 (7)*Massepha grammalis Guen. Delt. & Pyr. p. 249. 



Panama ; Cayenne ; Brazil. 

 Botys asiusalis Wlk. xviii. 626. 



BlepTiaromastyx romalis Druce. Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. 

 p. 270, pi. 63. f. 4. 



(8)tMASSEPHA FULTALis, n. sp. (Plate XLIX. fig. 2.) 



(S . Head, thorax, and abdomen fulvous mixed with black ; 

 wings fulvous. Fore wing with some black suffusion at base and 

 on costa ; a diffused medial band obtusely angled on median 

 nervure ; a lunulate mark beyond the cell extending from costa to 



