ANORATHA,—MARAPANA, vill 
The Sikhim form is large and dark, with the costa of fore wing 
purplish. 
Hab. Sikhim; Nilgiris; Ceylon. wp. 42-52 millim. 
Genus MARAPANA. 
Marapana, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 227 (1885). 
Sarcopteron, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. ix, p. 115 (1893). 
Type, MZ. pulverata, Guen. 
Range. Assam ; Ceylon; Burma; Sumatra; Java; Borneo. 
Palpi with the 2nd joint very long and porrect, the 3rd obliquely 
upturned ; no frontal tuft; antenne minutely ciliated in male. 
Fore wing with the apex somewhat acute; veins 8 and 9 anasto- 
mosing to form the areole. Hind wing with the anal angle trun- 
cate ; veins 3 and 4 sometimes on a short stalk; 5 from just below 
middle of discocellulars. 
Secr. I. (Marapana). Palpi with the 2nd and 3rd joints fringed 
with long hair on upperside; fore wing with vein 10 from 
___the areole. 
/ 2901. Marapana incongrualis, Wik. Cat. xvi, p. 232; Moore, Lep. 
~ Ceyl. iii, pl. 177, fig. 6; C. § S. no. 2925. 
Head, thorax, and fore wing ochreous, with a slight reddish 
tinge, the last slightly irrorated with dark scales, and with indistinct 
antemedial, medial, and postmedial waved lines; two dark specks 
on the discocellulars, some on costa towards apex, and submarginal 
and marginal series. Hind wing with the basal area pale; the 
outer area fuscous ; underside with cell-spot and medial and post- 
medial waved lines. 
Hab. Ceylon. Hap. 24 millim. 
2902. Marapana plagifera, Wik. J rn. Linn. Soe. vii, p. 187. 
Differs from incongrualis in being much pinker; fore wing with 
the submarginal line more sinuous. Hind wing crimson, with 
large black apical patch. 
Jn the Naga specimen the outer margin of fore wing is slightly 
angled at middle, and the whole costal area of hind wing black. 
Hab. Nagas; Sumatra; Borneo. wp. 26 millim. 
2903. Marapana nisalis, Wik. Cat. xix, p. 845; Hmpsn. Ill. Het. ix, 
pl. 166, fig. 16; C. & S. no. 2776. 
Hypena rubripunctalis, Wik. Cat. xvi, p. 238. 
Differs from incongrualis in being redder. Fore wing with four 
waved lines; no dark specks at end of cell; the outer area suffused 
with red. Hind wing without black suffusion ; a dark speck in 
cell; four indistinct waved rufous lines; a submarginal series of 
black specks and marginal crenulate pink line. Underside of fore 
wing red; hind wing with two red lines and submarginal series of 
black specks. 
Hab. Ceylon. Exp, 24 millim. 
