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Show 456 COL C. SWINHOE O N T H E [Nov. 16, 187. MACARIA HEBESATA. Macaria hebesata, Walker, xxiii. 931. September. 188. MACARIA ZEBRINA. Tephrina zebrina, Butler, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 171. March, April, and May. 189. MACARIA ARENARIA. Tephrina arenaria, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 527, pi. 48. f. 13. December. 190. MACARIA LITHINA. Tiphrina lithina, Butler, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 171. March and October. I believe these to be females of M. zebrina, though at first sight they do not look like it, having no median bands; but I have never taken a male, and the female of the allied species, M. strenuata, Walker, is often also without bands and is hardly distinguishable from M. lithina. 191. MACARIA PEREMPTABIA. Macaria peremptaria, Walker, xxiii. 929. October. 192. MACARIA GRANITALIS. Tephrina granitalis, Butler, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 171. September. FIDONIIDJE. 193. STERRHA SACRARIA. Phalcena-Geometra sacraria, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 863. 220. February, May, and June. 194. STERRHA PAULULA, n. sp. (Plate XLI. fig. 7.) White ; eyes black ; thorax and fore wings irrorated with ochreous atoms ; fore wings with a reddish-ochreous dot at the end of the cell, and with two oblique outer lines of the same colour close together, from the outer two thirds of the hinder margin, where they are separate, opening out in their centre and meeting at the apex; abdomen and hind wings pure white. Underside white ; fore wings pale ochreous towards the costa. Expanse of wings -^ inch. May. LARENTIID^E. 195. LYCAUGES DEMISSUS, n. sp. Eyes black; top of head pure white; antennae, body, and wings cream-colour, both wings irrorated with brown atoms, which are |