570 NOCXUIDiE. 



Hah. Ceylon (I'empJeton), ;"» (S , 4 2 type ohtenta, Kanrly (Meade- 

 Waldo), 1 (S , 1 § ; Andamans, 1 (5,1 5 ; NicoBAKs (linr/ers), 2 J ; 

 Straits Settlements, Perak, Larut iLills {Flower), 1 cJ ; Ijorneo, 

 Sarawak (lF«//«ce), 1 J, 2 5 tj'pe ; Pulo Laut (Doherti/), 1 J; 

 Celeres, Makian ; Br. N, Guinea, Dinawa (I'raU), 2 J , 2 $ , 

 Ekeikei (Prrt^;), 4 J,4 5; Queensland, Cape York (/7i^(7'ivis). 1 $, 

 Prisbaue (Turner), 1 c? , 1 $ . iw;/). 26-38 millim. 



Genus MAURILIA. 



Manrilia, Mosclil. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxsiii. p. 298 Type. 

 (1884) arcuaia. 



Proboscis fuUy developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reacbing to about 

 vertex of bead and ratber slenderly scaled, tbe 3rd long and somewbat dilated 

 at extremity; fVons sniootb ; eyes large, round; antennre of male minutely 

 ciliated; tliorax cbitbed almost entirely witb scales and witiiout crests; tibiae 

 sligbtly fringed witb liair ; abdomen witb dorsal crests on two basal segments. 

 Fore wing witb tbe apex rectangular, tbe termen evenly curved and not 

 crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 i'rora near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 

 10 anastomosing witb 8 to form a long areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with 

 veins 3, 4 more or less strongly stalked; 5 fully developed from just above 

 angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing witb tbe cell near base only. 



Sect. I. Fore wing of male witb an elongate curved-over valve of scales on 

 underside above base of subcostal nervure vv'itb a similar valve below it 

 on and below subcostal nervure with a boot on its lower edge forming 

 the retinaculum. 



69T5. Maurilia saturata. 



Areola saturata, Wlk. xxxiii. 774(1805); Hmpsn. Motbs Tnd. ii. p. 135. 

 I'aracrama oUoacea, Hnipsn. 111. Het. B.M. ix. p. 87, pi. 157. f. 17 (1893). 



S . Head flesh-pink, the palpi with some black above and as 

 a ring near extremity ; thorax olive-green suffused with silvery 

 white; pectus and legs white, the fore femora brown above, the 

 tibiae and tarsi tinged with pink ; abdomen fuscous brown, the 

 extremity red, the ventral surface white towards base, red towards 

 extremity. Pore wing blue-green suffused with silvery white ; 

 the costal edge pale red; antemedial line fine, white, sinuous, in- 

 curved below median nervure, some pale red before it on costal 

 area and a broad green band beyond it not suffused with white, its 

 outer edge excurved at median nervure and vein 1 ; postmedial line 

 fine, white, excurved below costa, at middle and towards inner 

 margin, with green patches before it on costal area, at middle and 

 on inner area, a white point bej'ond it on costa ; a green patch on 

 costal area before apex with two minute black streaks on its outer 

 edge ; a terminal series of black points slightly defined on inner 

 side by white ; cilia flesh-pink at tips. Hind wing fuscous brown, 



