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4. Tagiades lavata, n. sp. (PI. LXIX. fig. 8.) Wings above dark smoky brown ; 
primaries with a sinuous series of five subapical hyaline white dots ; secondaries with anal 
half of external border snow-white, its inner edge sharply defined ; body brown. Pri- 
maries below paler ; secondaries snow-white, with the costal area brown, its inner edge 
diffused ; a small brown litura across the first median branch ; body below whitish. 
Expanse of wings 1 inch 6 lines, d, Malacca. Allied to T. pralaya. 
HETEROCERA. 
Family SPIIINGIDiE. 
Subfamily MACROGLOSSiNiE (Grote), Butler. 
Genus Macroglossa, Ochsenheimer. 
1. Macroglossa proxima, Butler, P. Z. S.p. 4, pi. 1. fig. 1 (1875). d, Malacca. The 
figure of this species in the e Proceedings ’ is not satisfactory, the yellow band being 
left too broad, the diverging basal black streaks being also omitted. 
Family ZYGiENIDiE. 
Subfamily Zyg^eninyE, Butler. 
Genus Synto3IIS, Ochsenheimer. 
1. Syntomisbasifera, Walker, Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. p. 92. n. 37 (1862). ? , Penang. 
This species is intermediate in character between S. apicalis and S. detracta. 
Family ARCTIIDzE. 
Genus Spilosoma, Stephens. 
1. Spilosoma, n. sp. A wholly white species. It is in very bad condition ; and there- 
fore I prefer not to name it. ? , Penang. 
Family LITIIOSIID/E. 
Subfamily Lithosiin^:. 
Genus Argina, Hubner. 
1. Argina cribraria, (Phalcena cribraria) Clerck, leones, pi. 54. fig. 4. ? , Penang. 
Subfamily Hypsin^e, Butler. 
Genus IIypsa, Hubner. 
1. Hypsa heliconia, (Phalcena-Noctua heliconia) Linmcus, Syst. Xat. i. 2, p. 839 
767). ? , Malacca. 
2. Hypsa subsimilis, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. i. p. 212 (1864). ?, Malacca; 
d , Penang. 
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