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Sect. II. (Nacoleia). Antennas of male with the shaft thickened at 

 middle by slight tufts of scales on upperside; mid tibiae 

 clothed with rough hair. 



4938. Nacoleia marionalis, Wlk. Cat. xix, p. 930. 



Danaga biformis, Butl. III. Het. vii, p. 94, pi. 185, figs. 2, 3. 



S . Fuscous ; palpi below and frons white ; basal segment of 

 abdomen yellow ; the anal segment orange, with black and white 

 marks. Pore wing with alternating black and white costal spots ; 

 an obscure sinuous antemedial line ; an annulus in cell ; a disco- 

 cellular lunule ; the medial area mostly yellow, outwardly defined 

 by the retracted portion of the postmedial line below the cell. 

 Hind wing dark at base ; the medial area yellow, with a dark 

 discocellular spot; the postmedial sinuous line bent outwards 

 between veins 5 and 2 ; outer area of both wings fuscous ; the 

 cilia pale towards apices and outer and anal angles. 



$ . Yellower ; fore wing with the sinuous antemedial line, the 

 annulus, and discocellular lunule prominent; the postmedial line 

 prominent, sinuous from the costa to vein 2, then retracted to 

 lower angle of cell ; yellow patches at outer angle of fore wing 

 and middle of outer area of hind wing. 



Hah. Dharmsala ; Sikhirn ; Burma ; Borneo. Exp. 20 millim. 



4939. Nacoleia praeteritalis, Wlk. Cat. xvii, p. 372 ; C. fy S. no. 4358. 



3 . Differs from marionalis in the frons and extremity of abdomen 

 being dark. Fore wing with the medial area dark ; an ochreous 

 patch in the sinus of the postmedial line. Hind wing with the 

 medial yellow area much suffused with fuscous ; the discocellular 

 spot connected with the inner margin by a line ; the postmedial 

 line less retracted below vein 2. 



Hah. Punjab ; Ceylon ; Burma. Exp. 14-20 millim. 



4940. Nacoleia cyanealis, Wlk. Cat. xvii, p. 405. 



Metasia zanclogramma, Meyer, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1894, p. 8. 



Differs from marionalis in being pale rufous suffused with 

 fuscous ; palpi and frons yellowish ; abdomen with a dorsal black 

 band before the anal tuft. Fore wing with the markings pro- 

 minent; two postmedial annuli on costa. Hind wing with oblique 

 antemedial line and postmedial line bent outwards at vein 5 and 

 terminating at anal angle. Both wings with a marginal maculate 

 line and line through the cilia. 



Hah. Japan ; Kulu ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon ; Shan States ; Borneo. 

 Exp. <5 18, $ 26 millim. 



4941. Nacoleia tiasalis, Wlk. Cat. xix, p. 994; Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, 



pi. 173, fig. 20 ; C. $ S. no. 4359. 

 Asopia microchrysalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1306. 



Differs from cyanealis in the fore wing having no annuli on 



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