HYEIODES. ACIDALIODES. 17 



whitish mark with oblique dark striga above it from costa ; post- 

 medial line brown defined on outer side by whitish, but outwards 

 below costa and obliquely incurved below rein 4, some whitish 

 points with dark streaks between them beyond it on costa ; sub- 

 terminal line indistinct and whitish with dentate blackish marks 

 beyond it from costa to vein 4, then strong, oblique, white, and 

 emitting white streaks to the cilia at Veins 3 and 2; a terminal 

 chocolate-brown band from apex to vein 4, slightly defined on 

 inner side by ochreous ; cilia dark brown from apex to vein 4 with 

 a fine ochreous line at base. Hind wing red-bi-own irrorated with 

 a few large black scales, the terminal area white irrorated with a 

 few large black scales, narrowing to tornus ; a series of red-brown 

 lunules on termen ; the underside pale reddish brown with dark 

 discoidal lunule, the terminal area white narrowing to tornus. 

 Hab. Borneo, Sandakan {Pryer), 1 $ type. Exp. 14 millim. 



Genus ACIDALIODES, uov. 



Type, A. 'perstriata. 



Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to 

 vertex of head and sHghtly fringed with scales behind towards extremity, the 

 3rd short ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male ciliated ; 

 thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiee smoothly 

 scaled, the spurs long ; abdomen with dorsal series of slight crests. Fore wing- 

 long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved and not 

 crenulate ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 

 from well below upper angle ; 7 from angle; 8, 9, 10, 11 stalked. Hind wincr 

 with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle ot discocellulars ; 

 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



Sect. I. Hind wing with the termen slightly angled at vein 4, then excised 

 and crenulate. 



4998. Acidaliodes excisa, n. sp, 



S . Head and thorax greyish white ; palpi and a band above 

 frons rufous ; abdomen greyish white irrorated with rufous and 

 with blackish band on medial segments ; pectus, legs and ventral 

 surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing greyish white slightly 

 irrorated with red-brown, the area from medial to subterminal line 



Fig. 6. —Acidaliodes excisa, c? . f . 



except towards costa and the costal area towards apex suffused with 

 red-brown and dark brown ; obliquely placed subbasal black points 

 on and below costa ; antemedial line blackish, with short streak on 

 costa, interrupted below costa, incurved in cell, then excurvcd and 

 VOL. X. c 



