412 TALAPA; ECTOGONIA; MEGALOCTENA. By W. Warren. 



monoiona. ially at apex; the ab. monotona ah. nov. (71 1) is nearly uniform ochreous grey, with very few striae. An 

 Indian species recorded by Leech from Central and Western China. 



91. Genus: Talapa Moore. 



Tongue present; palpi obliquely porrect upwards, the second and third segments long, the second 

 rough haired; antennae of <J minutely ciliated; thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled; the tibiae hairy; fore- 

 wing ample; the apex produced and acute; hind wing with vein 5 from lower angle of cell. Type T. caligi- 

 nosa Walk, from India. 



Sect. II. Porewing with termen not angled. 



obliquiline- T. obliquilitieata Leech. (74b). Forewing pale grey-brown flushed with pink ; lines reddish brown ; the inner 



ata. curvec i j the median broad and oblique, the outer nearly straight, followed towards costa by a black dot or 



small cloud; a black dot in cell; hind wing also with three lines, the first broad, being the continuation of the 



second line of forewing; the second and third are oblique and parallel. A large species recorded from Oniei- 



shan, Western China. 



92. Genus: Hctogonia Hmps. 



Frons tufted above; palpi very long, the second segment obliquely porrect upwards, fringed above 

 with long hair, the third with a large tuft on inner side; antennae in the $ bipectinated ; thorax and abdo- 

 men smoothly scaled, without crests; tibiae naked; forewing with costa indented just beyond middle; the 

 apex rectangular; termen angled at vein 4, oblique and straight above, crenulate below; veins 7, 8, 9, 10 

 stalked; in hind wing vein 5 from lower angle of cell. Type E. viola Hmps. 



opalina. E. opalina Btlr. (74e). Forewing strongly angulated ; pearly grey with brownish costal margin and fringe; 



inner and outer lines ferruginous edged with orange; hind wing pale brown; a dusky terminal line followed 

 by a whitish line at the base of the fringe; body pale brown. Japan. 



butleri. E. butleri Leech (= echephurealis Leech nee Walk.) (71 i). Forewing violet grey tinged with brownish, 



more strongly in the basal two thirds; the lines white, plainest towards costa, the inner wavy, the outer 

 excurved beyond cell; submarginal line also whitish, indistinctly waved; hindwing with two obscure whitihs 

 lines; fringe brownish grey, the tips white, except at apex and the middle angle of forewing. Quite a small 

 species, taken in the island of Kiushiu. 



albomacu- E. alboniaculalis Brem. (74b). Forewing yellowish ; inner line oblique, straight ; outer line oblique, externally 



talis. k roac [iy bordered with violet grey; subterminal line faint; all three fuscous; orbicular stigma distinct, white; 

 reniform a fuscous lunule; hindwing grey, the basal half paler, with a single dark line across it. Described 

 from Ussuri, Amurland; also found in China, Corea, and Japan. 



93. Genus: Megalocteiia gen. nov. 



Tongue present ; frons smooth ; palpi upcurved over vertex, flattened, the second segment three times 

 the length of third; antennae of <$ variable, typically bipectinate heavily to apex, or fasciculated with long 

 bristles and a thickening of shaft, or without the thickening, or fasciculated without bristles; in the typical 

 section the femora are hairy, and the f oretibiae simple ; in the others the fore tibiae bear a sheath containing 

 an expansible tuft of hairs; fore and hind wings large and ample; grey powdered with darker grey and brown. 

 Type M . mandarina Leech. 



Sect. I. Antennae of $ broadly bipectinate. 



mandarina. M. mandarina Leech (71 1). Forewing pale grey brown dusted with darker; inner and outer lines fuscous, 



wavy, diffuse, the latter excurved beyond the reniform stigma, which is outlined with dark fuscous; submar- 



