. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. REVISION OF GENUS MASALIA 61 Remarks. The presence of a pronounced brown lower longitudinal streak in M. b. trifasciata distinguishes it from M. b. beatrix. When present, the streak in M. b. beatrix is of orange or red colour, occasionally irrorate with brown. A brown streak may be formed through dense irroration but in those specimens in which this occurs, the streak is always set within a wider streak of orange or red; in M. b. trifasciata the central longitudinal streak is unicolorous. Masalia epimethea (Viette) comb. n. (Text-f
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. REVISION OF GENUS MASALIA 61 Remarks. The presence of a pronounced brown lower longitudinal streak in M. b. trifasciata distinguishes it from M. b. beatrix. When present, the streak in M. b. beatrix is of orange or red colour, occasionally irrorate with brown. A brown streak may be formed through dense irroration but in those specimens in which this occurs, the streak is always set within a wider streak of orange or red; in M. b. trifasciata the central longitudinal streak is unicolorous. Masalia epimethea (Viette) comb. n. (Text-fig. 67; PI. 4, figs 160, 161) Timora epimethea Viette, 1958 sao, Ambalavao, (A : 149. Holotype ?, Madagascar: centre, district de Fianarant- Robinson) (MNHN, Paris). Fore wing with areole; length <$ (9), 13-0-15-0, 9 (10), 14-2-157. Wing pattern as in PI. 4, figs 160, 161. Fore wing upper surface with ground colour brownish orange, costal margin and upper central longitudinal streak white. In a few specimens there is a white longitudinal streak between Mz~Cu\a. When present, terminal and medial dots brown. Hind wing upper surface with proximal area either white or light brown; when white, the distal area is light brown; when light brown, the distal area is brown; marginal 'cilia' white. Genitalia, q* scobinate bar and cornutus as in Text-fig. 67. ? papilla analis simple. Material examined. Madagascar: i <$, 9 $; de Fianarantsae, 1 <£, (A. Robinson), MNHN,. Fig. 67. M. epimethea, q", scobinate bar and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). London : BM(NH)
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