LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1657 



Macaria INFIRMATA. 



Mas. Carta, gracilis ; palpi porrecti, graciles, caput paullo super- 

 antes, articulo 3o minima ; antennae subpectinatae ; tibiae 

 posticus subincrassatae ; aloe fusco pallida conspersae, linea post" 

 media fusca denticulata nigra punctata, punctis marginalibus 

 nigris ; anticae linea antemedia fusca interrupta ; posticae 

 margine exteriore vix angulato. 



Male. Hoary, slender, dingy beneath. Palpi porrect, slender, 

 extending a little beyond the head ; third joint very minute. An- 

 tennae slightly pectinated. Abdomen as long as the interior border 

 of the hind wings ; apical tuft small. Legs slender; hind tibiae 

 slightly incrassated. Wings ample, thickly and minutely speckled 

 with pale brown ; a brown middle dot and a brown postmedial line, 

 which is black and denticulated on the veins ; marginal points 

 black. Fore wings acute; a brown interrupted antemedial line, 

 which, like the postmedial line, is dilated on the costa ; exterior 

 border slightly convex, rather oblique. Hind wings with the exte- 

 rior border very slightly angular in the middle. Length of the body 

 6 lines; of the wings 17 lines. 



a, b. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Macaria vivida. 



Mas. Alba, fusco conspersa ; caput et thorax fuscescentia ; caput 

 nigricante bifasciatus ; palpi porrecti, robusti, subtus pilosis 

 articulo 3o minimo ; abdomen cinereum ; aloe linea antemedia 

 fusca subundulata, linea postmedia nigricante recta duplicata, 

 spatio exteriore subferrugineo ; antieae puncto basali nigro, 

 linea basali subundulata lineaque subapicali angulata fuscis, 

 gutta subapicali alba elongata 9 macula media alba oblonga ; 

 posticae gutta liturisque tribus nigris, margine exteriore suban- 

 gulato. 



Male. White, speckled with brown. Head with a blackish 

 band on the vertex and another in front. Palpi porrect, stout, 

 pilose beneath, much shorter than the breadth of the head ; third 

 joint extremely small. Antennae pubescent. Abdomen cinereous. 

 Hind tibiae incrassated. Wings with an antemedial brown slightly 

 undulating line ; postmedial line blackish, straight, mostly double; 

 space beyond the second line dull ferruginous; marginal festoon 

 black. Fore wings with a black point near the base, on the inner 



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