1898.] OF THE SUBFAMILY PrRATJSTIIirTE. 697 



(24)tNACOLEiA MESODOBA Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1894, p. 458. 



Pulo Laut 



(25)tN'ACOLEiA CHETSANTHES Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1894, p. 458. 



Pulo Laut. 



c. (Macrospectrodes). Hind wing of male with a large hyaline 



vesicle on inner area. 



(26) Nacoleia subakgentalis Snell. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 579 



Sikhim. 



d. Hind wing of male with the inner area very short, the tornus 



lobed and fringed with thick hair ; abdomen with ventral 

 valve and tuft at base. 



(27)tNACOLEiA DOESALis "Wlk. xviii. 616. Colombia ; Brazil. 



Botys codrusalis Wlk. xviii. 616. 

 „ ceni^yjoealis Wlk. xviii. 619. 



e. Wings of male normal. 



a\ (Merotoma). Hind tibiae of male very short, with a tuft 

 of hair above ; the outer medial spur absent, the inner 

 greatly dilated. 



(28)tNACOLEiA DAiRALis Wlk. xviii. 698. Borneo ; Pulo Laut ; 



Celebes. 



6\ Hind tarsi of male with the 1st three joints tufted with 

 curled hair on inner side ; abdomen with the terminal 

 segment long, with lateral tufts from its base and large 

 genital tufts. 



(29) Nacoleia ltjnitlalis Hiibn. Zutr. ii. 21. 152, ff. 30.3-4. 



Venezuela ; Surinam. 



c*. Mid tibiae of male with groove containing a tuft of 

 long hair. 



(30)tlSrACOiiEiA peedektalis, n. sp. 



Head and thorax brown mixed with olive-yellow ; abdomen 

 olive-yellow banded with fuscous above. Fore wing fuscous, 

 some olive-yellow on basal area ; an irregularly waved dark ante- 

 medial line defined by yellow on inner side ; prominent round black 

 orbicular and renif orm stigmata on a yellowish ground ; a very highly 

 dentate postmedial line bent outwards between veins 5 and 2 and 

 defined by yellow on outer side. Hind wing with the basal area 

 yellowish, with round fuscous spot in cell ; a very highly dentate 

 medial line defined by olive-yellow on outer side and bent outwards 

 between veins 5 and 2 ; terminal area fuscous : cilia of both wings 

 chequered yellow and fuscous. Underside of fore wing with the 

 ground-colour of cell orange. 



Hab. Amboina ; Bourou (Doherty) ; Eergusson I., N. Guinea 

 {Meek). Exp. 28-30 mm. 



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