﻿1140 CATALOGUE OF 



1. MlNlCA CONFLUENS. 



Cinereo -nigra ^ suhtus testacea ; caput cervinum ; thorax antice 

 cervinus ; abdomen pallide cinereum ; tarsi nigricantesy 

 albido fasciati ; alee anticce pallide carnece^ alho suhvarice^ tri- 

 ente hasali cinereo. nigra, fascia exteriore lunulisque margina- 

 lihus nigris, reniformi nigro submarginata ; posticoe cinereo- 

 vitrecE, margine laiissimo cupreo. 



Cinereous-black, testaceous beneath. Head fawn-colour. 

 Thorax fawn-colour in front. Abdomen pale cinereous. Tarsi 

 blackish, with whitish bands. Fore wings pale carneous, slightly 

 varied with white, mostly cinereous-black for more than one-third 

 of the length from the base, with an incomplete e.xterior black band 

 and with black marginal lunules ; reniform spot slightly bordered 

 with black ; a black interrupted subapical streak. Hind wings 

 cinereous-vitreous, with very broad cupreous borders. Length of 

 the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Genus 13. MACEDA. 



Mas. Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi breves, 

 ascendentes, subpilosi ; articulus 3us conicus, 2i triente non longior. 

 Antennas pubescentes, corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen lan- 

 ceolatum, alas posticas paullo superans, fasciculo apicali parvo. 

 Pedes graciles, vix pilosi; tibiae posticag calcaribus lon^issimis. 

 Alee mediocres ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice subrotundatae, 

 margine exteriore subobliquo non denticulato. 



Allied to the Pyralites. Male. Body hardly stout. Proboscis 

 short. Palpi short, ascending, slightly pilose ; third joint conical, 

 about one-third of the length of the second. Antennae pubescent, 

 more than half the length of the body. Thorax moderately long 

 and pilose. Abdomen lanceolate, extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings ; apical tuft small. Legs slender, very slightly pilose; 

 hind tibiae with very long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore 

 wings straight along the costa, somewhat rounded at the tips, 

 slightly oblique and not denticulated along the exterior border. 



