MICRONACLIA. THYROSTICTA. 129 



Ab. 1. Fore winp^ with the patch on inner area connected with 

 the patch in end of cell instead of that on base of costa. 



Hah. Madagascar. Kvjy. 30 millim. Type fin Coll. Mabille ; 

 Jlavia in Coll. Oberthiir. 



*241. Micronaclia tenera. (Plate V. fig. 14.) 



liaclia tenera, Mab. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. iii. p. 85 (1878) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 107. 



Head and thorax dark, antennce orange ; abdomen orange, with 

 dorsal series of small black spots. Fore wing black, with sinuous 

 subbasal and medial yellow bands ; a spot between veins 3 and 5 

 and one above (). Hind wing orange, with terminal black band 

 expanding widely at apex and between veins 2 and 3. 



Hah. Madagascar. Exp. 22 millim. 



This species is unknown to me : figured from drawing lent by 

 M. Mabille. 



242. Micronaclia simplex. 



Pseudonaclia simplex, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) iv. p. 23G (1879) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 107. 



Very dark red-brown. Hind 

 wing orange-yellow, with the 

 apical area dark brown, narrow- 

 ing to a point before tornus. 

 Hah. Madagascar, type S , 2 

 Fig. 50. (C. Shaw). Ex])., 6 20, $ 18 



Micronaclia simplex, (^ . \. millim. 



Genus THYROSTICTA, nov. 



Type, T. quadrimacula. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi porrect, extending beyond the fi'ons ; tibiae 

 with the spurs minute. Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 

 4, 5 from angle, 5 curved; 6 from below upper angle; 7, 8, 10, 11 stalked, 

 9 absent. Hind wing with veins 4, 5 stalked, 7 absent. 



Sect. I. Hind wing with vein 3 stalked with 4, 5 ; antenn£e of male ciliated. 



A. Fore wing with orange medial spot on inner area 



separate from the band ( ^ ) contigua. 



B. Fore wing without medial orange spot on inner area... butleri. 



*243. Thyrosticta contigua. 



Bysanxes contigua, Saalm. Lep. Mad. i. p. 143, pi. 6. f. 93 (1884) ; Kirbj, 

 Cat. Het. p. 106. 



$ . Head and thorax black ; palpi, frons, patches on tegulae 

 and patagia, and the greater part of legs orange-yellow ; abdomen 

 orange, with black band on subterminal segment incomplete below. 

 Fore wing black ; a large subbasal orange patch not reaching costa 

 or inner margin ; a quadrate patch across end of cell, extending 

 just above and below it, and with a rounded patch below it from 



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