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MACEDA; MAURILIA. By M. Gaede. 
27. Genus: Maceda Wkr. 
mansueta. 
discalis. 
mansuetella. 
rufescens. 
mansuetana. 
mansuetodes. 
rujirnacula. 
roiundima - 
cula. 
ignefumosa. 
axutha. 
rufibasis. 
interjuncta. 
ignepicta. 
Wing contour like that of Vizaga. The 3rd segment of palpi somewhat shorter. Antennae of <$ densely 
ciliate. Only one cavity in $ at cell end of forewings. Neuration does not vary. Type: mansxueta Wkr., 
which for a long while was the only species. Later on several new species were discovered in New Guinea. 
M. mansueta Wkr. (= obtenta Wkr.) (31 g). Forewings olive-brown, slightly lilac. Transverse lines 
dark brown, with pale edges on averted sides; antemedian line straight from % of costa to centre of inner 
margin. A black dot at disco-cellular, in g this is like a streak. Postmedian line faintly excurved between 
% of costa and vein 3, inwards at vein 2, then obliquely outwards to inner margin. A vertical submarginal 
line consisting of a row of black dots terminates at anal angle. Hindwings grey with wide black marginal 
band, fringes white at anal angle. There are a number of subforms: — discalis Wkr. has a pale patch before 
the cell sjjot on forewings, which has a lilac-blackish surround. — mansuetella Strd. is lilac-blackish in median 
area to the submedian fold. — rufescens B.-Bak. is a mansuetella that is suffused also behind the postmedian 
line from cell downwards. - mansuetana Strd. is also dark at margin, except at apex. — mansuetodes 
Strd. has grey-brown ground colour on forewings. rufimacula E. Prout varies rather more. Forewings lilac- 
grey, a fairly large subapical spot and also base red-brown, the spot is intersected by the brown submarginal 
line. Antemedian line is a wide diffuse shade, angulated at lower wall of cell to 2 / 5 of inner margin. A small 
black dot at disco-cellular. Postmedian line is also a wide diffuse shade, that is only faintly impressed on 
submedian fold. Marginal area is somewhat darker; submarginal line indistinct. Hindwings smoky brown. 
9 32—36 mm. Goodenough Island, mansueta and the other forms are distributed from Ceylon to Queens¬ 
land. 26—36 mm. 
M. rotundimacula Warr. Forewings pale olive-grey, somewhat brownish, apical area blackish, its inner 
outline diffuse, from beyond centre of costa to above anal angle, a round wdiite spot at apex. Inner line 
interrupted and indistinct, with a dark spot at costa and inner margin, angulated inwards on submedian fold, 
like in rufescens B.-Bak. The cell spot is black. Post-median line heavy, black, forming the outline of apical 
area at costa, from vein 5 more vertical, olive-brown. Hindwings smoky brown in basal area, margin black. 
In $ the red-brown basal spot is more reddish than in The dark apical shade with the white spot is less 
striking than in $. 30—39 mm. New Guinea, Ceram. 
M. ignefumosa Warr. Forewings olive-grey, a fiery red spot on costa at base, below which on inner 
margin 2 yellow-white spots. Antemedian line blackish, heavy, diffuse, angulated at lower wall of cell and 
at vein 1. Above and below it is excurved and anterior to it, a spot on costa consisting of black and red 
scales. Cell spot small, black. Postmedian line similar to that of mansueta, black. Submarginal indicated by 
the outline of a dark shade anteriorly to it. Hindwings lilac smoky brown, wide black margin. 36—40 mm. 
New Guinea. Fairly common. 
M. axutha E. Prout. Resembles rotundimacula , but the white apical spot is less prominent. Inner 
line more boldly incurved in cell. Outer line more dentate, more boldly angulated inwards on submedian fold. 
Ground colour brown, somewhat greenish, suffused with lilac-red in centre. The dark shade around the 
subapical spot is fainter and a yellow-red sheen, that rotundimacula is said to have, is quite absent in axutha. 
Base of hindwings is darker. 32 mm. One $ from Buru. 
M. rufibasis Warr. Forewings olive-brown at base, the rest lilac-brown, darkest in median area. Apical 
area above vein 6 between postmedian line and marginal shade is whitish or brownish, intersected by the 
blackish submarginal line. Antemedian line wide, whitish, faintly curved, sometimes absent. Outer outline 
of median area is ochreous whitish at costa and inner margin, occasionally conjoining. A white spot posterior 
to black cell spot. Hindwings smoky grey at base, margin widely black extending on inner margin to base. — 
interjuncta Warr. has outer third of forewings brownish or fleshy brownish, submarginal line therein black, dent¬ 
ate and extending over the whole wing. Outer line also boldly dentate with a dark streak on vein 6 to marg¬ 
in. Median area is much paler, either olive-brown like the base, or whitish and in lower third blackish. 
34 mm. Both forms from New Guinea. 
M. ignepicta Hmps. Forewings grey-brown. On costa at base a yellow and fiery red spot with black 
brown outer edge and intersected. Antemedian line dark, anteriorly bold, then more slender, excurved in cell, 
turning inwards on median nervure and vein 1. A black spot at disco-cellular. Postmedian line dark, out¬ 
wards to vein 6, then dentate, inwards at vein 3. Posteriorly a brownish red spot on costa, below which 
there is a dark streak to margin on vein 6. Submarginal line brown, indistinct. Hindwings dark brown. In 
$ basal spot is pure fiery red, the spot behind outer line red-brown. 32—34 mm. New Guinea. 
28. Genus: Maurilia Mschlr. 
Very similar to the Genus Paracarea, actually only differing by the presence of two minute tufts on 
abdomen. The species classified here are about one half each african and indo-australian. Type: arcuata Mschlr. 
from Africa. 
