LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1655 



Macarta?? SUBCINCTARIA. 



Mas et foem. Pallide fuscescente-cinerea, subtus subochracea ; 

 palpi lati, caput perpaullo superantes ; antenna maris pubes- 

 centes ; alee fusco conspersa, lineis quatuor fuscescentibus sub- 

 rectis subparallelis, 4a submarginali, punctis maryinalibus 

 nigris ; antica acuta; posticce maryine exteriore convexo 

 integro. 



Male and female. Pale brownish cinereous, slightly ochraceous 

 beneath. Palpi porrect, broad, extending very little beyond the 

 head ; third joint conical, very minute. Antenna? of the male pubes- 

 cent. Win gs moderately broad, minutely brown-speckled, with four 

 oblique nearly straight and parallel brownish lines, of which the 

 fourth or submarginal one is less distinct than the others; marginal 

 points black, minute ; fringe paler at the base. Fore wings acute ; 

 exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique. Hind wings with 

 the exterior border convex, entire. Length of the body 4^ — 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 12 lines. 



«. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



b. ? 



Macaria exsuperata. 



Mas. F usees cente - cinerea ; palpi breves, subascendentes ; antenna 

 pectinata, breviuscula ; tibia postica vix incrassatce ; af a fusco 

 conspersa, lineis duabus fuscis, la diffusa indistincta, 2a un- 

 dulata dentata, spatio marginali ex parte fusco, gutta discali 

 nigricante ; antica acuta, gutta subapicali albida, maryine 

 exteriore vix flexo ; postica margine exteriore subangulato 

 subdentato . 



Male. Brownish cinereous. Proboscis slender. Palpi slightly 

 ascending, much shorter than the breadth of the head; third joint 

 extremely short. Antennae rather short, broadly pectinated. Abdo- 

 men not extending beyond the hind wings. Hind tibias hardly in- 

 crassated, with four lung spurs. Wings brown-speckled ; interior 

 and exterior lines brown; the first diffuse and indistinct; the latter 

 undulating and dentate; marginal space partly shaded with brown, 

 especially so in the fore wings ; marginal line and discal dot blackish. 

 Fore wings acute, with a subapical whitish dot ; costa straight ; 

 exterior border hardly bent. Hind wings with the exterior border 

 very slightly dentate and angular. Length of the body 6 lines; of 

 the wings 18 lines. 



