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Show 1885.] OF BOMBAY AND THE DECCAN. 861 65. MACARIA MYAUDARIA. Macaria myaudaria, Walker, xxvi. p. 1649. Matheran, May. 66. MACARIA ZEBRINA. Tephrina zebrina, Butler, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 171. Poona, September to February (very plentiful) ; Bombay. 67. MACARIA STRENUATARIA. Macaria strenuataria, Walker, xxvi. p. 1647. Poona, October. 68. MACARIA LITHINA. Tephrina lithina, Butler, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 171. Poona, October. 69. MACARIA GRANITALIS. Tephrina granitalis, Butler, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 171. Poona, September to December. 70. MACARIA BOARIA, n. sp. (Plate LVI. fig. 12, S •) Poona, October. Allied to M. indotata, Walker. Greyish white irrorated with chocolate-brown; thorax with the collar yellow ; abdomen whitish ; wings with the irrorations densely packed in places, forming in the fore wings a dark interrupted line along the costa ; an inner and a median line, the former bent outwardly, nearly meeting the median line at its centre, and in some specimens forming a diffuse brown patch there ; the median line runs also across the hind wings, as does also an outer waved line, with the space between these two lines whitish in both wings; outside the outer line, and touching it, is a diffuse brown band, with a black spot in its centre, which is more or less obsolete in some specimens and very prominent in others ; marginal points brown, distinct. Expanse of wings 1 inch. 71. MACARIA BOLINA, n. sp. Poona, October, November, and December; Bombay, November. Near M.falsaria, Walker. Pale bone-coloured, distinctly irrorated with brown and grey atoms, a small brown spot at the end of each cell, and black marginal points to all the wings ; costal border grey ; male with a central and a discal thin band, reddish grey, across both wings; with a minutely sinuated darker line running through the latter; female without the central band and with the outer band slightly broader, and with the space outside this band of a darker aud redder tinge. I have one male example which also shows this marginal reddish tinge ; but the males are generally without it. Expanse of wings l-r% inch. P R O C . Z O O L . Soc-1885, No. LVI. 56 |