Moths . dial line angled beyond cell; the basal area pale, on fore wing suffused with fuscous in the cell and between veins 2 and 5 ; outer area fuscous. The form nubilosa is much more suffused with fuscous than inthe typical form and the hind wing is wholly suffused with fuscousexcept the costal area. One specimen has some white on thoraxand a large patch in and below middle of cell of fore wing, andspot on discocellulars. Another specimen is fuscous grey without any green tinge. Eab. Dalhousie; Simla ; Murree; Nagas ; Sikhim ; 36 millim. Sect. III. Palpi of male with a fringe of
Moths . dial line angled beyond cell; the basal area pale, on fore wing suffused with fuscous in the cell and between veins 2 and 5 ; outer area fuscous. The form nubilosa is much more suffused with fuscous than inthe typical form and the hind wing is wholly suffused with fuscousexcept the costal area. One specimen has some white on thoraxand a large patch in and below middle of cell of fore wing, andspot on discocellulars. Another specimen is fuscous grey without any green tinge. Eab. Dalhousie; Simla ; Murree; Nagas ; Sikhim ; 36 millim. Sect. III. Palpi of male with a fringe of hair on 1st joint above,so that the palpi are thrown forward; the 2nd joint long, withfringe of down curved hair longest towards extremity; 3rdjoint minute and porrect; basal joint of antennas long, withoutprocess, the shaft arising at an angle. 4444. Macalla scoporhyncha, n. sp. S • Olive-green irrorated with black. Tore wing with blackand white specks on costa; ill-defined black ante- and postmedial. MACALLA. 115 lines, the former angled outwards below cell, the latter inwardsand oblique; a black discocellular spot. Hind wing with indis-tinct dark curved postmedial line; both wiugs with marginalseries of black specks. Hob. Sikhim (Pilcher). Exp. 24 millim. Type in B. M. Sect. IV. Male with the palpi similar to the female; antenna?somewhat thickened and minutely ciliated. A. (Epipaschia). Antennce of male with a very long flagellate process from the basal joint recurved over thorax and fringed with longhair and scales below. 4445. Macalla validalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. minor, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 203; C. 8f 8. no. fumosalis, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) xvii, p. 461. Golden olive, slightly irrorated with black scales. Fore wingwith black marks on costa; an interrupted antemedial black lineoutwardly oblique from costa to vein 1 ; a prominent black spot atend of cell; a minutely dentate postmedial line excurved fromvein 6 to 2 ; a marginal series of black
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