390 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW LEPIDOPTERA [Juiie 19, 
5. Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Lepidoptera 
Heterocera, collected by Rev. J. H. Hocking, cliiefly in 
the Kangra District, N.W. Himalaya. By F. Moore, 
P.Z.S. 
[Eeceived June 12, 1888.] 
Fam. Sphingid^. 
POLYPTYCHUS TRILINEATUS, 11. Sp. 
Allied to P. dentatus and P. timesius. Upperside of a paler 
browuish-ochreous colour than P. dentatus ; fore wing crossed by a 
slightly waved oblique antemedial brown line, a less distinct medial 
inwardly-oblique line which touches the end of the cell in crossing, 
and a waved postmedial line ; the medial and apical area clouded with 
darker brown : hind wing with an indistinct gre}'ish transverse discal 
narrow fascia. 
Exj)an£e 3f inches. 
Had. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. 
Ambulyx placida, n. sp. 
Upperside — fore wing pale purplish lilaciue greyish-brown; crossed 
by an indistinct single antemeclial zigzag slender brown line, an 
oblique outwardly-curved postmedial line followed by three less 
distinct wavy discal lines, and a prominent outer marginal inwardly- 
curved olivaceous-bordered line, the latter also bent inward below 
the apex and then curving upward to the costa ; the area between 
the postmedial line and outer margin being darker than the basal 
area ; a small blackish-brown pale-bordered round spot at basal end 
of the cell ; a large spot below the submedian near the base, and a 
less perfectly formed rounded spot on the costal edge above the 
latter, a less distinct smaller spot also at the lower end of the disco- 
cellular veinlet : hind wing dull yellowish-ochreous, with an oblique 
transverse medial ai'd a marginal lilacine-blackish band with two 
interdiscal oblique series of similar coloured spots. Body pale 
purplish lilacine grej'ish-brown ; a broad blackish-brown irontal 
band, and a similar broad hind wardly -continent band down each side 
of the thorax ; abdomen with pale ochreous segmental bands and 
anal tuft. 
Expanse 4j inches. 
Hub. N.AV. Himalaya. In coll. British Museum. 
Nearest allied to A. sericeipennis, Butler, P.Z.S. 1875, p. 251. 
A male specimen collected at Solun, N. Punjab, by Capt. R. B. Reed, 
is also in Mr. Moore's collection. 
Dahira, n. g. 
Fore wing elongated, narrow ; costa arched towards the end, apex 
produced ; exterior margin very oblique, slightly concave below the 
apex, even ; first subcostal branch emitted at one fourth, second at 
1888.] tROM THE HIMALAYAS. 39l 
two thirds between the base of second and end of the cell, third at 
a short distance beyond the cell, fourth and fifth at one third beyond 
the cell ; discoceliulars inwardly-oblique, slightly concave, upper 
longest, radial from near the lower end ; middle median at one-sixth 
and lower at one half before end of the cell ; submedian much 
recurved from the base. Hind wing short ; cell extending to less 
than half length of the wing ; two subcostals from end of the cell, 
the upper curving slightly upward from the end ; discoceliulars 
outwardly-oblique, recurved, radial from the middle ; the middle 
median vein at one eighth and lower at one third before end of the 
cell ; submedian and internal slightly recurved. Body long. 
Allied to Pergesa. 
Dahira rubiginosa, n. sp. 
Male. Fore wing dark reddish olivaceous-brown ; crossed by three 
indistinct outwardly-oblique darker waved lines, three or four discal 
inwardly-oblique lines, and a curved line from the apex, the latter 
white-speckled ; a blackish discocellular spot ; cilia black, minutely 
spotted with white : hind wing red, the abdominal area and extreme 
outer margin brownish ; cilia white. Body dark reddish-brown 
above, yellow beneath, with dull greyish- white dorsal segmental 
bands. Wings beneath dull paler red ; both wings crossed by 
indistinct discal darker waved lines ; legs greyish-white above- 
Expanse 2|- inches. 
Hob. Mundi, N.W. Himalaya. In coll. British Museum. 
" Taken at Mundi (a native state), in March ; at sugar." 
(Hoc/driff). 
Ampelophaga fasciosa, n. sp. 
Male and Female. Fore wing pinkish olivaceous-brown ; crossed 
by two outwardly-curved oblique indistinctly darker brown narrow 
subbasal fasciae, a broader medial fascia, and two slender discal lunular 
fasciae, beyond which a streak ascends to the apex, the outer border 
of the wing being much paler ; an indistinct spot at end of the cell : 
hind wing dusky purplish ochreous-brown, with an indistinctly paler 
pinkish discal fascia, and cilia. Body darker ocbreous olive-brown, 
pinkish beneath, with an ochraceous-white dorsal line, and a lateral 
line on thorax. 
Expanse 3| inches. 
Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. 
Taken at sugar only, by Mr. Hocking. Specimens taken at 
Umballa by Capt. R. B. Reed are also in Mr. Moore's collection. 
Hemaris simillima, n. sp. 
Nearest allied to B. fuciformis. Fore wing with a vinous-black 
costal, outer, and posterior marginal band, the outer band somewhat 
narrower than in H. fuciformis, the posterior band sparsely covered 
with olive-green scales : hind wing with cupreous-red marginal band, 
the abdominal border prominently white-speckled. Head, thorax, 
and base of abdomen pale dull ochraceoua olive-brown, the two red 
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392 MK. F. MOORE ON NEW LEPIDOPTERA [June 19, 
bands of a dull chestnut tint, basal segments yellowish-ochreous, 
anal lateral tuft black. 
Expanse 1-j^ inch. 
Eab. Kangra Valley. In coll. British Museum. 
Fam. jEgeriid^. 
Melittia kulluana, n. sp. 
Nearest M. nepcha (Moore, Lep. Coll. Atkinson, p. 10). Wings 
comparatively shorter ; apical area of fore wing traversed by four 
veins ; a short black vein projecting within the cell from middle of 
the discocellular streak. Thorax, head, palpi, pectus, and femora 
beneath olivaceous-yellow ; abdomen above purple-black, with narrow 
pale bluish segmental bands ; abdomen beneath bluish-white ; palpi 
slio;htly black-fringed ; mid legs black, fringed with golden-yellow 
hairs ; hind legs densely clothed with long black hairs, hind femora 
and tibise above with interspersed dull chestnut-red and yellow hairs. 
Expanse ly'^ inch. 
Hab. KuUu. In coll. British Museum. 
From M. indica, Butler, this may be distinguished by its much 
broader transparent apical area. 
Fam. Callidulid^. 
Pterodecta anchora, n. sp. 
Upperside olive-brown. Fore wing with a large orange-red anchor- 
shaped transverse discal mark. Underside brownish-ochreous : fore 
wing with the orange-yellow band black-bordered _; a white spot at 
end of the cell and two smaller spots in the middle ; hind wing 
tessellated more or less with yellow and black strigse, which form 
transverse fasciae; a yellow spot at end of the cell. 
Expanse 1| inch. 
Hab. Dharmsala. 
Fam. LiTHOSiiD^. 
Setina calamaria, n. sp. 
Fore wing ochreous-yellow, with a prominent black triangular 
discocellular spot, a smaller spot at base of the cell, and another spot 
on base of the costal margin : hind wing paler yellow, a black spot 
on each tegula, and two on the middle of thorax ; tip of fore tibia, 
and of all tarsi fuliginous -black. 
Expanse Ig inch. 
Hab. Palampore. In coll. British Museum. 
.^Emene sagittifera, n. sp. 
Male and Female. Creamy-white : fore wing with five large spots 
on, the costal border, a sagittate spot within the cell near base, a tri- 
angular spot at end of the cell, two smaller linear spots on the sub- 
costal vein, two on each of its branches, two on the median, and 
four on the submedian, these spots forming four transverse series ; 
the fifth costal spot having a few blackish speckles only below it ; 
on the costal margin is also a row of regularly-disposed small black 
1888.] FROM THK HIMALAYAS. 393 
spots : hind wing cinereous-white. Thorax black-spotted ; palpi 
brown ; legs with blackish bands. 
Expanse, c? yVi 2 t\ inch. 
Hab. Dharmsala (Hockmff); N.W. India (Leitner). In coll. 
British Museum and F. Moore, 
Taken at sugar. 
.^MENE INCONSTANS, U. Sp. 
Male. Fore wing very pale brownish-ochreous, crossed by an 
antemedial and a postmedial very indistinct dusky sinuous line, both 
lines with two medially-disposed black sf)ots, the upper spot at end 
of the cell on the latter being the largest ; on the costal margin are 
three or four indistinct spots, and on the outer margin is a row of 
regularly-disposed small linear spots ; a dusky zigzag fascia crosses 
the disk : hind wing ochreous-white. Thorax pale brownish-ochreous ; 
palpi and abdomen pale ochreous ; legs brownish-ochreous. 
Expanse -fj inch. 
Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. 
RCESELIA SCRIPTA, U. Sp. 
Male. Allied to B. confusalis : fore wing pinkish-grey, basal area 
slightly brown-speckled ; crossed by two contiguous inwardly-oblique 
antemedial black lines, and two recurved postmedial lines, followed 
by a submarginal series of black spots, of which the upper and lower 
spot is large, the others small and dentate ; the area between the 
medial lines traversed by a zigzag black line : hind wing and abdomen 
pale pinkish-cinereous. Thorax, palpi, and legs above, and antennae 
greyish-brown. 
Expanse, S ^ inch. 
Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. 
RCESELIA FRATERNA, n. Sp. 
Female. Near to R. cucuJatella : fore wing comparatively narrower ; 
the antemedial blackish-speckled transverse line more angular and 
broader at the costal end, the postmedial line also more irregularly 
sinuous : hind wing cinereous-white, underside much paler. Thorax 
grey ; palpi and legs brownish above ; tarsi with pale bands. 
Expanse y^^ inch. 
Hab. Kullu. In coll. British Museum. 
RCESELIA ANGULATA, U. Sp. 
Near 11. cristulalis : fore wing greyish-white, sparsely brown- 
speckled ; crossed by a prominent blackish antemedial curved 
outwardly-angulated band, a postmedial pale-bordered sinuous line, 
and a similar submarginal line, the postmedial line preceded by a 
broad costal patch : hind wing and abdomen cinereous-grey. Thorax 
white, crossed by a blackish band ; palpi and legs brownish ; tarsi 
with pale bands. 
Expanse, <S yV, $ tV "^^'i- 
Hah. Dharmsala {Hocking) ; N.W. India (Leitner). In coll. 
British Museum and F. Moore. 
394 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW LEPIDOPTERA [June 19, 
Fam. Arctiid.e. 
Spilarctia dalbergi^, n. sp. 
Allied to S. stigmata (Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 809). Fore wing of 
a pale ochreous creamy tint ; witli a very obliquelj'-disposed discal 
series of small slender black spots, a spot towards base of submedian, 
and a submarginal medial series of smaller spots ; a small dentate 
spot more or less distinct at the upper end of cell : bind wing paler ; 
with a large black spot at upper end of the cell ; two duplex sub- 
anal spots, one also between the radial and subcostal vein, and in 
the female another before the apex. Thorax with a black streak 
down the middle ; abdomen orange-yellow, with a dorsal and 
lateral row of black spots. 
Expanse, c? 1|, $ 2 inches. 
Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. 
Larva pale purple-brown, mottled and minutely spotted with 
yellow. Second, third, and fourth segments with a small yellow 
lateial spot ; other segments with an oblique yellow lateral streak ; 
each segment with tufts of long purple-brown radiating hairs ; 
head black, shining ; legs black. 
" Feeds on Sissoo {Balbergia sissoo). May, 4000 feet." (^Hock- 
ing.) 
Spilarctia sagittifera, n. sp. 
Male and Female. Paler and of a uniformly yellower tint than 
iS. casignata. Fore wing with similar markings, the transverse discal 
series of spots more oblique, touching the lower angle of the cell and 
terminating in larger spots on middle of posterior margin ; one or 
two spots also within the cell near the base ; hind wing paler yellow 
throughout, spots larger than in S. casignata. Abdomen crimson, 
with more or less prominent black dorsal and lateral spots ; a small 
black sagittate streak on middle of thorax. Underside paler, not 
washed with crimson, markings more distinct. 
Expanse, <S If, $ 2^ inches. 
Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. 
ICAMBOSIDA DORSALIS, n. Sp. 
"White ; fore wing with an indistinct blackish-grey discal oblique 
transverse narrow macular band, which in the male stops below the 
radial vein, and in the female extends to the apex by a series of short 
linear streaks, the female also having some less distinct submarginal 
streaks situated between the radial and middle median veins ; a 
similar coloured spot at upper end of the cell, and a less defined 
spot sometimes on middle of snbcostal : hind wung with an 
indistinct spot at upper end of the cell, and a less distinct sub- 
anal spot situated between the lower median and submedian, the 
female sometimes showing a spot also below the apex and another 
above it on the costa. Sides of thorax in front and pectus crimson ; 
palpi black above, crimson beneath ; legs white ; fore femur crimson 
above ; femora tipt with black ; fore and middle tibite and tarsi and 
hind tarsi black above ; abdomen in male crimson above, with black 
188S.] FROM THK HIMALAYAS. .S95 
lateral spots, and in female with dorsal spots ; anal segments in 
female white. 
Expanse, d" 1^, 2 Ij^ to \^^ inch. 
Sab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. 
This has much the appearance of Spilosoma ruhidorsa (Moore, 
P. Z. S. 1865, p. 808), hut differs in the narrower and more elongated 
form of fore wing. 
Larva pale yellowish cream-colour, with a broad dorsal purple- 
brown band ; each segment laterally with finely-speckled purple- 
brown oblique streaks, the segments also with sparse dorsal tufts 
of fine brown and grey hairs and lateral tufts of grey hairs, the 
dorsal tufts springing from glossy purple-black tubercles ; dorsal 
band with a central row of linear yellowish spots and slender trans- 
verse segmental streaks ; head red ; legs yellow. 
"Feeds on cherry; July 14; gregarious whilst young; many 
hundreds together in a web ; afterwards spreading over the tree 
and devouring all before them. Pupa, July 28 ; imago, August 16." 
Challa quadrimaculata, n. sp. 
Allied to C. bimaculata. Ochreous-yellow ; fore wing compara- 
tively broader and more regularly triangular iu form ; with a prominent 
black spot at upper end of the cell, and a less distinct similarly 
disposed spot on the hind wing. Palpi black-tipped ; legs blackish 
above. 
Expanse 1| inch. 
Hah. Palampore. In coll. British Museum. 
Fam. PsYCHiD^. 
Akesina, n. g. 
Wings somewhat elongated, oval ; semitransparent ; sparsely 
clothed with very short slender hairy scales. Fore wing very convex 
at the apex ; costal vein extending to near the apex ; cell long, 
extending beyond two thirds the wing; first subcostal emitted at 
one eighth before end of the cell, bent upward and anastomosing with 
the costal for a short distance and terminating before the apex ; 
second and third branches on a footstalk beyond end of the cell ; 
discocellular twice-angled, the angles at equal distances, upper angle 
directed slightly outward, lower angle directed very obhquely inward, 
radial from upper angle ; a discoidal veinlet emitted within the cell 
from lower angle and extendini; to base of cell ; two upper median 
veins from angles at end of the cell, middle median from one third 
and lower median from one half before end of the cell ; submedian 
nearly straight and apparently looped at the base. Hind wing very 
convex externally ; subcostal vein running very close along the 
margin, arched at the base and thence straight to apex, the branch 
emitted closely before end of the cell ; discocellular, radial, and 
discoidal veinlet as in fore wing ; two upper median veins at wider 
angles from end of the cell, middle median at one third and lower 
at one half before end of the cell ; submedian and internal vein 
396 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW LEPIDOPTERA [JunC 19, 
slightly recurved. Body short, slightly pilose ; legs almost naked ; 
antennae short, broadly bipectiuated, the pectinations plumose ; palpi 
very minute. 
Akesina basalis, n. sp. 
Wings semitransparent, pale fuliginous ; the lower basal area of 
fore wing and entire basal area of hind wing pale ferruginous-red : 
body and legs ferruginous-red ; antennae brown. 
Expanse \-^jj inch. 
Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. 
Barandra, n. g. 
Wings short, hroad, nearly naked. Fore wing somewhat obovate ; 
costa slightly arched near the end, apex very convex ; exterior mar- 
gin oblique and slightly rounded, posterior angle convex ; costal vein 
nearly straight ; subcostal angled close to end of the cell, four- 
branched, first branch arising at half length and second at angle 
before end of the cell, third bifid at one third beyond the cell ; cell 
very broad ; discocellulars angled inward, upper bent slightly out- 
ward, the radial branch starting from its angle ; a single discoidal 
veinlet emitted within the cell from middle of discocellulars ; median 
vein four-branched, curved hindward to lower branch and angled at 
each branch, the branches short, wide apart, and nearly equidistant ; 
submedian slightly angled near its end, emitting a short lower spur 
from the angle. Hind wing oval ; exterior margin very convex ; 
costal vein extending to apex ; subcostal vein extending from base 
to below the apex, and joined to the costal by a short cross branch 
about one third from its base ; cell broad ; discocellulars outwardly 
oblique and slightly angled at the middle, the discoidal veinlet being 
emitted within the cell from the angle ; radial vein four-branched, 
angled at the branches ; a submedian vein. Body small, slender ; 
abdomen not extending beyond anal angle of hind wing, slightly and 
finely pilose ; head nearly naked ; legs long, very slender, naked ; 
palpi minute, pilose ; antennae bipectinate, the pectinations wide 
and delicately plumose. 
Barandra fumata, n. sp. 
Wings nearly naked, pale fuliginous-grey ; body yellowish, sparsely 
pilose, hairs grey ; thorax above in front and behind black ; antennae 
pale brown, shaft yellow ; legs yellow. 
Expanse -[^ inch. 
Eab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. 
"A case-bearing larva; nn rocks, June 7, 8000 feet. Moth 
emerged July 11." (^Soching.) 
Dasaratha, n. g. 
Wings broad, short, sparselj' clothed with short fine hairy scales. 
Fore wing trigonal ; costa slightly arched near the end, apex convex ; 
exterior margin very oblique, slightly concave in middle ; posterior 
margin slightly convex at the base ; costal vein extending to two 
1888.] FROM THE HIMALAYAS. 397 
thirds the margin ; subcostal five-branched, first and second branches 
arising before end of the cell, third trifurcate beyond the cell ; disco- 
cellulars inwardly-oblique ; cell shortest hindward ; radial starting 
from middle of discocellulars ; two discoidal veinlets emitted from 
lower discocellular, coalescing in the middle and extending to base of 
the cell ; median vein four-branched, the two upper branches on a 
footstalk beyond end of the cell, lower branches wide apart ; sub- 
median vein with an inner branch to the base, from below which 
starts a short, outwardly-oblique spur. Hind wing bluntly ovate ; 
exterior margin slightly convex ; subcostal vein two-branched, first 
branch before end of the cell ; cell short and broad ; discocellulars 
angled in the middle ; radial from their angle ; two discoidal veiidets 
within the cell, as in fore wing ; median vein four-branched, the two 
upper branches from end of the cell ; a submedian and two internal 
veins. Body small ; abdomen short, slender ; antennae bipectinate, 
finely plumose ; legs nearly naked, fore tibiae with a long parallel 
spur. 
Dasaratha himalayana, n, sp. 
Wings sparsely clothed with short fuliginous- brown delicate hairy 
scales : body fuliginous-brown ; thorax blackish above ; antennse 
brown ; legs yellow. 
Expanse ■j-'W inch. 
Hah. Diiarmsala. In coll. British Museum. 
" A case-bearing larva ; on oak (Q. alba). May, 6200 feet. Moth 
emerged June 16." {Hocking.) 
Mahasena hockingii, n. sp. 
Male. Wings dark fuliginous-brown ; hind wing blackish pos- 
teriorly ; thorax fuliginous-black in front, the lower part slightly 
ochreous-brown ; abdomen and anal tuft clothed with longish 
laterall} -divergent black hairs. Fore wing beneath ochreous-grey 
broadly along posterior border. Antennae fuliginous-brown, shalt 
ochreous ; femora and tibiae clothed with brown hairs. 
Expanse 1 j^j inch. 
Hab. Dharmsala, In coll. British Museum. 
" July, 4000 feet. On Toon tree ( Credela toona). When the larva 
changed, the pupa had the power of moving up and down the silky 
passage in which it had lived. When the moth was coming out, it 
projected the tail-end of the pupa and let itself down by a silken 
thread, in the chrysalis, from which it then emerged and to which 
it clung with two pairs of legs until the wings expanded and dried, 
whilst the first pair of legs held on to the silken thread by which it 
hung from the leafy case." {Hocking.) 
Fam. Liparid^. 
Lachana, n. g. 
Male. Fore wing elongate, narrow ; costal vein extending two 
thirds the margin ; first subcostal emitted at one half and second at 
one fifth before end of the cell, second trifurcate ; third starting at a 
398 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW LEPIDOPTERA [JuDC 19, 
short distance from above its base and terminating at the apex, 
fourth at two thirds from base of the third ; fifth from end of the 
cell, curving upward and touching third near its base ; cell broad, 
extending nearly two thirds the wing ; discocellular concave ; radial 
and upper median from lower end of the cell, middle median from 
angle close to end of the cell, lower median at one third before the 
end ; submedian at a wide distance from the median. Hind wing 
short, triangularly-ovate ; apex and exterior margin convex ; 
abdominal margin short ; costal vein looped to subcostal near its 
base ; subcostal bent upward, to costal at one third from its base, 
two subcostal branches on a footstalk one third beyond end of the 
cell ; discocellular obhque, radial from slight angle near its lower end ; 
cell broad ; two upper medians from immediately beyond end of 
the cell ; lower median at one fourth before the end ; submedian 
and internal vein straight. Body short, densely pilose ; antennee 
bipectinated ; palpi laxly pilose ; legs thick, slightly pilose. 
Lachana ladakensis, n. sp. 
Male. Brownish-ochreous ; fore wing numerously covered with 
dark sepia-brown scales, which are most thickly disposed on the 
basal and external area, acioss which extends a darker subhasal and 
a discal zigzag fascia. ; a distinct dark-brown lunular spot at end of 
the cell : hind wing sepia-brown, darkest externally and indistinctly 
forming a darker marginal hand ; cilia brownish-ochreous. Body 
umber-brown, hairs brownish-grey ; frontal tuft and palpi grey ; 
antenna reddish-brown, shaft greyish ; fore and middle tibise and 
tarsi reddish-brown. 
Expanse 1 inch. 
Hab. Ladak. In coll. British Museum. 
Procodeca umbrina, n. sp. 
Male. Fore wing reddish umber-brown, with a curved discal series 
of six small black spots : hind wing and abdomen dull sepia-brown ; 
thorax reddish umber-brown ; palpi, foie legs above, and tarsi 
brownish-ochreous. Underside dull umber-brown. 
Expanse l-j^ inch. 
Hab. KuUu. In coll. British Museum. 
Larva violet-grey, each segment tufted with similar coloured hair, 
except the dorsal tufts on fourth to eighth segments, on which the 
hairs are blackish at the base and pale ferruginous at the tip ; head 
shining black. 
" Found under stones, March." (Hoclcing.) 
Euproctis abdominalis, n. sp. 
Male and Female. Cream-white ; abdomen blackish ; anal tuft 
ocbreous ; legs white. 
Expanse, S l^u' 2 '^TU '"^h- . 
Hab. Dharmsaia. In coll. British Museum. 
Allied to E. postica. Wings comparatively longer and narrower. 
1888.] FROM THE HIMALAYAS. 399 
Artaxa sulphurescens, n. sp. 
Allied to A. trifasciata (Moore, Desc. Lep. Coll. Atkinson, 
p. 51): fere wing comparatively longer and narrower. "Wings dull 
sulphurescent-yellow ; hind wings palest, and in female almost white ; 
fore wing with a few brownish scales above middle of the posterior 
margin. Anal segments and tuft ochreous-yellow ; anal segments 
beneath black ; second joint of palpi blackish at the side. 
Expanse, 6 ly\, 5 IjO- inch. 
Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum and F. Moore. 
Dasychira dalbergi^, n. sp. 
Allied to D. inclusa. Male differs in having the fore wing longer 
and narrower, of a darker tint and grejer-speckled, transverse 
markings similar, excepting that the discal sinuous Hne is more 
oblique in position : hind wing pale cinereous brown. Female also 
differs in the shape of the fore wing, which is also darker and greyer- 
speckled ; the hind wing also being paler. 
Expanse, d" 1|-, 2 2| inches. 
Hab. Dharmsala {Hocking), JNIasuri (Lang). lu coll. British 
Museum and F. Moore. 
Larva mottled with pale and dark brown ; two white oblique 
dorsal streaks on hind part of fourth segment, and a small white 
dorsal spot on tenth and eleventh segments ; each segment thickly 
tufted with brown radiating hairs, those on the second segment 
longest and projected over the head j on the fifth to eighth 
segments the dorsal tuft is ferruginous and more dense. Cocoon 
brown. 
"Feeds on the Sissoo (Dalbergia sissou); May 5 to June 7, 3000 
feet." (Hocking.) 
LyMANTRIA CARNECOLOR, U. Sp. 
Allied to L. concolor. Male and female of a vinaceous-white 
tint : fore wing with similarly disposed but more slender and less 
distinct markings : hind wing whitish, with a very slight pale dusky 
interrupted sinuous submarginal fascia, and marginal and cilial spots. 
Abdomen yellow above. 
Expanse, c? 2, 5 3j inches. 
Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum and F. Moore. 
Lymantria nigra, n. sp. 
Allied to L. marginata and L. pusilla. Male : fore wing with deep 
black transverse sinuous bands and spots, their interspaces dark vina- 
ceous umber-brown : hind wing entirely black. Head and thorax 
slightly spotted with ochreous ; abdomen ochreous, with black dorsal 
bauds, lateral spots, and anal tuft. Female : fore wing with broad 
deep black confluent sinuous bands, their interspaces white : hind win"- 
white, with a broad black marginal band, and a more or less distinct 
angular discocellular streak ; cilia alternated with white. Thorax 
white above, with black collar and central spots ; head white in 
400 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW LEPIDOPTERA [June 19, 
front; vertex ochreous ; abdomen ochreous, with black dorsal band 
and lateral spots. 
Expanse, 6 'i- ts, 2 21 inches. 
Hab. Kangra Valley. In coll. British INIuseum. 
"Taken m copula, on the bark of a mango-tree." {Hocking.) 
fam. NoTODONTIDiE. 
Heterocampa basistriga, n. sp. 
Male and Female. Fore wing ochreous-grey, black-speckled ; 
crossed by a subbasal zigzag grey-speckled duplex black line, from 
which an oblique black streak extends below the cell to base of 
wing ; an oblique discal zigzag grey-speckled black fascia, a sub- 
marginal row of similar dentate spots, and a marginal row of larger 
quadrate spots ; a lunule also at end of the cell : hind wing 
cinereous-white in male, darker in female, costal border brownish. 
Thorax, head, palpi, and legs hoary ; abdomen cinereous-brown ; 
tarsi with pale bands. 
Expanse, J Ig, $ 2g inches. 
Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. Taken at sugar. 
Bare. 
Stauropus berberis^, n. sp. 
Dark grey : fore wing with a subbasal-outwardly oblique zigzag 
duplex black line traversed by pale grey ; a pale grey-speckled black 
discocellular lunule, a small spot within the cell, and a spot below it, 
a submarginal zigzag series of black dentate spots, and a marginal 
row of similar spots, both series with inner grey-speckled borders : 
hind wing pale grey on posterior half, the anterior half dark grey 
traversed by black sinuous marks ; a marginal row of pale-bordered 
darker lunules. Female darker grey; markings as in male. Body 
dark grey. 
Expanse, S Ij^, 2 2^ inches. 
Hab. Dharmsala (620U feet, Hocking), Umballa district {Eeed). 
In coil. British Museum and F. Moore. 
This is a darker insect than S. alternus, the markings of which 
differ in being reddish-brown. It is also distinct from 5. indicus. 
Larva brownish-ochreous, minutely spotted with dark brown, 
forming a darker band along the back, which is traversed by a 
central pale yellow slender line, and bordered by a lateral line ; and 
on the side are two dark bands angulated downwards towards the 
claspers ; sides of head dark brown ; penultimate swollen segment 
edged with black spines ; fore legs black banded ; some larvae are 
entirely dark brown. 
"July lf>, 6200 feet. Larva on wild barberry, Khaint and 
Kusmul, the wild pear. Other larvae on August 3rd. Remained in 
pupa 18 days." (^Hocking.) 
Certjra himalayana, n. sp. 
Allied to C. vinula. Differs in being of a shghtly darker grey 
tint: fore wing with the transverse subbasal series of black spots 
1888.] FROM THE HIMALAYAS. 401 
nearer the base, the antemedial duplex sinuose macular line 
nearer the middle of the wing, and the discal acutely sinuous marks 
being composed of a discal line only, whereas in both C. vinula and 
C. erminea these marks are composed of three lines ; a marginal row 
of spots on each wing in both sexes. Body darker grey ; the black 
thoracic spots and abdominal bands less prominent. 
Expanse, c? 2f, § 4 inches. 
Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. 
"Larva on willow. Very like that of Cerwra t)znw/a." {Hocking.) 
Pheosa fasciata, n. sp. 
Pale whitish-ochreous : fore wing with an oblique antemedial and 
a postmedial suffused greyish-ochreous and chestnut-brown shade, 
the former traversed by two transverse blackish irregular sinuous 
lines, and the latter by a curved discal less distinct bnt acutely 
sinuous line, the points of which are more prominently seen on the 
veins ; a similar-coloured zigzag basal transverse streak, and an oblique 
apical costal streak ; cilia alternated with ochreous-brovvn : hind 
wing paler ; the costal and marginal border slightly suffused with 
ochreous-brown, and a darker patch at anal angle ; cilia alternated 
with brown. Body hoary, thorax fringed with chestnut-brown ; 
tarsi banded with chestnut-brown. 
Expanse, c? H, $ 2 inches. 
Hab. Dharmsala (6200 feet). In coll. British Museum. 
Larva green ; an elongated dorsal protuberance on fifth segment ; 
fifth to anal segment with oblique lateral red slender streaks and 
dots ; a dorsal red-streaked band from head to anal segment ; head 
and legs pale red. 
" Feeds on cherry, June 20. Imago out July 16." (Hocl~inff.) 
Fam. Drepanulid^. 
Drepana hyalina, n. sp. 
Male and Female. Creamy-white ; semitransparent : fore wing 
with five more or less indistinct greyish- broven sinuous transverse 
lines, two of which are subbasal, two discal, and the other sub- 
marginal ; the three middle lines sometimes slightly suffused inwardly 
with greyish-brown ; a greyish-black spot at lower end of the cell : 
hind wing with similar but less distinct sinuous lines, which are 
visible only towards the abdominal margin. Palpi and legs yellowish ; 
pectinations of antennae brownish. 
Expanse If to 1§ inch. 
Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. 
Drepana lilacina, n. sp. 
Male and Female. Lilacine-grey : both wings crossed by an ante- 
medial and a postmedial straight, slender, ochreous-brown line ; the 
antemedial line on fore wing slightly dilated at the costal end, 
beyond which is a small brown costal spot between the two bands ; 
both wings with two or three small indistinct black submarginal 
spots on middle of the exterior border. Extreme edge of the costa 
402 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW LEPIDOPTERA [June 19, 
on fore wing, a slender collar in front of thorax, and palpi, pale 
oclireous; front of head and legs dusky grey; shaft of antennae 
steel-blue. 
Expanse, S IfV' ? ^t^o '"^h. 
Halj. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. 
" Taken at sugar in September." {Hoclcing.) 
Drepana simillima, n. sp. 
Closely allied to B. lilacina. Male and female of same shape : 
pale brownish-ochreous : both wings crossed by a similar antemedial 
and a postmedial line, but both these lines are of a paler tint thau 
the ground-colour of the wings, and they are also more irregular ; 
the costal spots are larger, and there is a small spot at lower end of 
the cell, as well as those on the outer margin of both wings. 
Expanse, <S IjV) $ Iyer i"ch. 
Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. 
Fam. Saturniid^. 
Saturnia hockingii, n. sp. 
Intermediate between S. lindia and S. grotei. From S. lindia it 
differs in its much darker greyish-brown colour. On the fore wing 
the transverse subbasal band is more acutely angulated outward on 
the median vein, the ocellus is larger and more oval in shape, the 
transverse zigzag lines are nearer the ocellus, thus giving a broader 
brown outer border, the submarginal border of which is more waved 
in the male and straighter in the female. On the hind wing the 
ocellus is larger and rounder, the transverse discal lines both uni- 
formly waved and nearer the ocellus, the submarginal line being also 
waved. 
From S. grotei it is at once distinguished by its difference of 
colour, *S'. grotei being ochraceous, larger ocelli and more acutely 
zigzag discal lines. 
Expanse, d 3|, 5 4 inches. 
Hab. Kullu. In coll. British Museum. 
"Cocoon under stones. Cocoon pyriform, dark brown, hard, 
pointed, and lax at upper end." 
AntheRvEA fraterna, n. sp. 
Male. Dull deep ochreous ; yellowish below costal border and on 
basal areas, and brownish ochreous on discal areas, with darker discal 
lunular fascia ; subbasal bands distinct ; submarginal red band 
broad, prominently white-bordered; ocelli oval, talcose centre smalL 
Female greyish ochreous, palest on outer borders, slightly yel- 
lowish on apical area ; discal area dusky ; discal lunular fascia 
brownish ochreous ; ocelli larger, oval, subbasal and submarginal 
bands as in male. 
Expanse, S 4^, $ 5| inches. 
Hab. N.W. Himalaya {type, Kussowlee) ; Kangra. In coll. 
F. Moore and British Museum. 
A comparatively smaller insect than A. sivalica, and distinguish- 
1888.] FROM THE HIMALAYAS. 403 
able from it by the discal fascia being distinctly lunular and tra- 
versing the wings across the inner half of the ocelli ; the subniarginal 
transverse red band is much nearer the ocelli on both wings, the 
interspace being only half the distance of that in A. sivalica. 
Fam. LiMACODiD^. 
MiRESA SXJFFUSA, n. Sp. 
Male. Very pale brownish-ochreous : fore wing with a transverse 
submarginal slender brown slightly curved line ; the basal area to 
the line suffused with pale reddish-ochreous. Thorax, head, palpi, 
and legs above pale reddish-ochreous. 
Expanse | inch. 
Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. 
MiRESA QUADRINOTATA, n. Sp. 
Pale greyish-ochreous : fore wing sparsely speckled with brown 
scales ; apical area suffused with pale brownish-ochreous ; a small 
black-speckled spot at end of the cell, and another spot within the 
cell : hind wing and body greyish-ochreous. 
Expanse | inch. 
Hab. Kaugra ; KuUu. In coll. British Museum. 
-"O 
Parasa hockingii, n. sp. 
Wings brown : fore wing with a broad, medial, erect, excurved, 
transverse, green band. Thorax and front green. 
Expanse 1^ inch. 
Hub. Kangra Valley (3000 feet). Larva, November, on Toon 
(^Cedrela toona). 
Larva limaciform, pale green, wrinkled at the sides ; above the 
spiracles two lateral rows of very small tubercular tufts of fine short 
yellowish hairs, the anterior and posterior tufts being a little larger; 
four subdorsal anterior and four posterior larger tubercular tutts of 
rigid black hairs ; a dorsal blue-bordered crimson band with black 
angular lateral marks ; a subdorsal and two lateral slender blue 
lines. Length ^ inch. 
Aphendala fasciata, n. sp. 
Male. Umber-brown : fore wing very sparsely black speckled ; 
with a transverse subbasal, a medial, and a marginal lilacine-grey 
silky fascia ; a minute black spot at end of the cell. Cilia hlacine- 
grey. 
Expanse 1-j-j inch. 
Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. 
Fam. LAsiocAMPiDiE. 
Bhima, n. g. 
Wings semitransparent towards the outer border in male, less so 
in female ; basal area hairy : fore wing narrow, elongated, triangu- 
lar ; costa slightly depressed in the middle, almost pointed at the 
apex ; exterior margin very oblique and slightly convex ; posterior 
404 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW LEPIDOPTERA [JuDC 19, 
margin short ; costal vein extending to two thirds the margin ; cell 
extending to nearly one half the wing ; first subcostal emitted at 
one fourth before end of the cell ; second trifid, emitted immediately 
before the end, third at one half and fourth at one fourth beyond 
base of the second, the third terminating at tbe apex; fifth and 
sixth (or upper radial) on a footstalk beyond end of the cell ; disco- 
cellular inwardly oblique, lower radial from slight angle above end of 
the cell ; middle median at one third, and lower median at two thirds 
before end of tbe cell ; submedian slightly depressed in the middle. 
Hind wing very short obovate ; costa lobate at the base ; lower end 
of the cell extending to one half the wing ; costal vein deeply 
recurved, its base very convex, extending to only half the margin, 
famished with two short ascending bifid spurs, the first (or pre- 
costal vein) starting straight upwards from its base, the second spur 
ascending obliquely from above middle of the basal arch ; first sub- 
costal emitted at one half the upper length of the cell and anasto- 
mosing with the concave portion of the costal for a short distance 
and then proceeding to the apex ; discocellular oblique ; two upper 
median veins from end of the cell, middle at one sixth and lower at 
one third before end of the cell ; submedian and internal vein 
recurved. Body densely clothed with hair, abdomen extending half 
beyond hind wing in male, anal tuft very dense in female ; head 
small, hairy in front ; palpi short, pointed at tip, densely, but 
compactly clothed ; legs densely hairy above ; antennse bipectinated, 
the pectinations plumose, and longest at the base in male. 
Type, B. undulosa. 
Allied to genus Taragama {Megasoma, Boisd.). 
Bhima undulosa. 
5 . Poecilocampa undulosa, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. vi. 
p. 1477 (1855). 
Male. Semitransparent. Wings fuliginous-black externally, fuligi- 
nous-bronze basally : fore wing crossed by two contiguous inwardly- 
oblique waved anteniedial, and two lunular discal fuliginous -grey 
lines, and a submarginal zigzag black-bordered grey fascia ; a grey 
lunule at end of the cell : hind wing with two indistinct grey discal 
fasciae. Body fuliginous-brown; front of head ochreous ; antennae 
and legs black. 
Female. Less semitransparent. Wings fuliginous ochreous- 
brown ; the transverse markings ochreous-grey. Body and front of 
head ochreous-brown ; anal tuft ochreous. 
Expanse, c? H, 2 3f inches. 
Hub. Darjiling (Atkinson), Cherra Pinyi (Austen), Dharmsala 
(Hoclcing). 
" Reared from a curious moss-like larva." {Hocking.) 
Cocoon of pale rusty-brown silk, intermixed with short sharp 
spiny black hairs. 
Taragama castanoptera, n. sp. 
Female. Differs from T. ganesa in its larger size. Both wings of 
1888.] FROM THE HIMALAYAS. 405 
a dark chestnut vinaceous-red, with ochreous-white cilise : fore wing 
with similar, but more prominent ochreous-white transverse bands, 
the outer band being uniformly undulated, not angulated, and not 
showing the discal spot seen in T. gunesa ; exterior border slightly 
greyish speckled : hind wing with a distinct ochreous-white trans- 
verse discal narrow fascia. Head, palpi above, front and top of 
thorax ochreous-white ; tegulae and abdomen dark chestnut-red, the 
latter with very slight greyish segmental fringe. 
Expanse, ? 3| inches. 
Hob. Kangra Valley. In coll. British Museum. 
" Reared from pupa, spun in fern." {HocMny.) 
Varmina, n. g. 
Fore wing elongated, triangular ; costa almost straight, slightly 
arched at the end, apex somewhat acute ; exterior margin oblique 
and slightly convex ; posterior margin convex towards the base ; 
costal vein straight, extending to two thirds the margin ; cell long 
and broad, extending to two thirds the wing ; first subcostal emitted 
at one half before end of cell ; second at one fifth, third thrown off 
at a little beyond one half from its base and terminating before the 
apex ; fourth from end of the cell, curving upward and anastomosing 
with third for a short distance and thence recurved upward and ter- 
minating before the apex ; fifth from below fourth at a little beyond 
one half between its base and juncture with third ; discocellular 
angled close to each end, concave in the middle, radials from the 
angles ; middle median from angle close to end of the cell, lower 
median at nearly one third before end of the cell ; submedian 
straight. Hind wing short ; costa arched, apex and exterior margin 
convex ; cell broad, extending to two thirds the wing ; two subcostals 
from end of the cell ; discocellular concave, radial from below its 
middle ; two upper medians from lower end of the cell ; lower 
median at nearly one third before the end ; submedian and internal 
vein slightly recurved. Body clothed with long, lax, silky hair, 
anal tuft somewhat long in male, thick in female ; thorax stout ; 
antennae minutely pectinated in male ; palpi laxly pilose ; femora, 
tibiae, and tarsi laxly pilose. 
Varmina indica. 
Gluphisia indica, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. v. p. 1039 
(1855). 
Male and Female. Fuhginous-grey : fore wing with five trans- 
verse oblique zigzag dusky-black fasciae, the first, third, and fifth 
most distinct ; the interspaces from base of wing to the fifth fascia 
numerously covered with minute orange-yellow spots, the outer 
border being bare : a grey-bordered black lunule at end of the cell, 
a spot in middle of the cell, and a submarginal row of short longi- 
tudinal linear grey-bordered black spots : hind wing uniformly fuligi- 
nous-grey, with an indistinct black lunule at end of the cell. Thorax 
greyish-white in male, pure white in female, with two transverse 
Proc. ZaoL. Soc— 1888, No. XXVIII. 28 
<106 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW LEPIDOl'TERA [JuUC 1 9 
rows of black s])ots; abdomen covered with blackish silky hair, anal 
fuCt greyish ; head, palpi, and legs covered with silky grey hair. 
Expanse, S Ij^, $ ly^ inch. 
Ilab. Dharnisala {Hocking) ; Umballa District {Capf. Reed). In 
coll. British Museum and F. Moore. 
Larva purple-black, sparsely spotted with minute ferruginous- 
white dots ; a lateral row of more distinct spots, white spiracles, 
and contiguous ferruginous speckles ; the segments sparsel}' tufted 
witb long hair, the lower and subdorsal rows from sixth to last seg- 
ment whitish, the others pale ferruginous, each tuft arising from a 
bright ferruginous turbercle ; two black dorsal longer and denser 
tufts on the fifth and one on the twellth segment, also a long slender 
black tuft on each side of second segment projecting in front of the 
head ; head black, face yellow. 
" Larva on plum, A pril ; pupa April 28 ; imago May 1 4." 
EUPTEROTE FRATERNA, n. Sp. 
Male. Clear reddish-brown ; fore wing crossed by a distinct 
blackish medial sinuous line and three indistinct more slender discal 
sinuous lines, each line being bent inward at the costal end ; these 
are followed by two parallel outer discal straight but slightly recurved 
lines, and a submarginal indistinct zigzag line, the latter terminating 
in two greyish-speckled spots at the apex ; between the medial line 
and base of wing are some scarcely distinguishable sinuous lines : 
hind wing crossed by three inner discal very indistinct slender sinuous 
lines, two parallel recurved distinct lines, and a submarginal, less 
distinct zigzag line. Underside slightly paler, the medial and the 
two parallel discal lines only being indistinctly visible. 
Expanse 3| inches. 
Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. 
Allied to F. invalida, Butler (Types Lep. Het. B. M. v. pi. 96. 
f. 3). Distinguished from it by all the sinuous lines on fore wing 
being bent inward towards the costal end. 
Fam. Cymatophorid*. 
Thyatira cognata, n. sp. 
Differs from T. batis in the fore wing being comparatively 
narrower and longer, the ground-colour greyish brown, the peach- 
coloured patches are duller but of a darker tint, and the medial 
patch on the posterior border is absent, the basal patch is more 
angular, being almost pointed below the cell, the transverse black 
sinuous lines between the patches are mostly with greyish-white 
borders. Hind wing and abdomen also grej'er brown. 
Expanse \^ to 1^ inch. 
Hab. Kangra. In coll. British Museum. 
HaBROSYNE FRATERNA, n. Sp. 
Paler than H. derasa. Differs on the fore wing in the outwardly- 
oblique subbasal white band being more curved towards the base of 
1888.] FROM THK HIMALAYAS. 407 
the costal margin at its upper end, the white costal area being there 
also broader, the bordering ferruginous sinuous Hues are narrower in 
extent, and the complex sinuous lines extending up the discal area 
are more distinctly defined, the white submarginal fascia is also 
somewhat more curved, and the marginal ferruginous luiuiles broader ; 
both the orbicular and reniform spots are more constricted in their 
middle. 
Expanse 1^ to 1^ inch. 
Hub. Kangra. In coll. British Musenm. 
This is quite distinct from H. indica, being distinguished from 
that species by its smaller size, wider space between the base of fore 
wing and the outwardly oblique transverse line, the space within the 
base of the cell being pure white instead of ferruginous, as in //. 
indica. 
Fam. BoMBYCoiD.*:. 
Genus Karana, Moore. 
Karana similis, n. sp. 
Differs from the Darjiling K. decorata in its smaller size. Fore 
wing black, grey-speckled, with similar silvery-white markings, the 
subhasal comparatively narrower and more zigzag, the antemedial 
transverse band more erect, narrower, and with the two contiguous 
spots nearer the band, the reniform mark is narrower and more 
obliquely disposed, the discal transverse sinuous black line is more 
distinct and has grey-speckled borders, the submarginal black 
dentate points less conspicuous. Hind wing pale cinereous-white 
basally and pale cinereous-brown externally ; cilia alternately 
cinereous-white and brown. Palpi and legs white-speckled. 
Expanse ly^^inch. 
Hab. Kangra. In coll. British Museum. 
Palimpsestis renalis, n. sp. 
Purplish brownish-grey. Fore wing with a slender, black, erect, 
sinuous, antemedial line, and an outwardly-angulated postmedialline; 
contiguous to the latter are two or three less distinct lines, followed by 
a more distinct submarginal denticulated line and a marginal row 
of short linear spots ; between the medial bands the area is grey, the 
orbicular and reniform spot is pinkish, and both are bordered pos- 
teriorly by a raised tuft of brown scales. Hind wing dusky brown. 
Legs with indistinct brownish bands. 
Expanse ly^^ to 1^ inch. 
Hab. Kangra. In coll. British Museiim. 
Palimpsestis orbicularis, n. sp. 
Male and Female. Dusky brownish-grey. Fore wing with a 
slender, distinct, black, transverse antemedial and a postmedial waved 
line ; orbicular and reniform spot black-lined, the former with a 
whitish centre ; between the antemedial line and the base are four 
or five transverse, indistinct, pale-bordered, blackish sinuous lines, and 
408 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW LEPIDOPTERA [June \\), 
beyond the postmedial line are two similar but wider-separated discal 
lines, the outer lines being most distinct and ending at the apex ; a 
less distinct line also contiguous to the postmedial line ; along the 
extreme outer margin is a fine black lunular line. Hind wing grey- 
ish-brown, indistinctly paler across the middle ; cilia cinereous. 
Thorax, head, palpi, and legs, above, greyish-brown ; legs with black 
bands. 
Expanse, d' ly^^, 2 1 J^ inch. 
Hub. Kangra. In coll. British Museum. 
Palimpsestis albidisca, n. sp. 
Fore wing greyish olive-brown, the posterior base and disc 
slightly suiFused with pink, crossed by a medial, waved, sinuous, 
distinct black line, followed by five or six paler sinuous lines, each of 
which are angulated outward at the upper median vein ; beyond 
these is a more distinct but less sinuous line, which is blackest at 
the apical end ; marginal line also black ; between the medial line 
and the base are three indistinct waved black lines with slight 
whitish-speckled borders, and at the base is a short longitudinal 
black-crested streak with white lower edge ; the area between the 
medial line and the third discal line is white below the cell. Hind 
wing pale greyish brown. Thorax, head, and palpi olivaceous 
hoary ; legs with black bands. 
Expanse 1-j^ inch. 
Hab. Kangra. In coll. British Museum. 
Diphtera fasciata, n. sp. 
Fore wing pale green ; with a black basal costal streak, a basal 
posterior streak which is bent upward below the cell, two small 
costal streaks, followed by a broad costal streak which is continued 
across end of the cell, beyond this are two smaller costal streaks and 
a larger dentate spot, from the latter extends a dark green waved 
fascia, which has a slender, black, sinuous, inner-bordered line, the 
exterior border being sparsely speckled with minute black scales ; 
cilia with an alternate white and black sinuous border. Hind wing 
bluish-white. Body pale green ; palpi and legs greenish-white with 
black bands. 
Expanse ly^^ inch. 
Hab. Kangra. In coll. British Museum. 
Genus Tri^na. 
Tri^na denticulata, n. sp. 
Male. Fore wing brownish-grey ; crossed by slender, sinuous, in- 
distinct blackish lines with grey-speckled borders, of which the basal 
is acute and the discal lines are most apparent ; a marginal row of 
black points ; orbicular mark oblique, with greyish-white centre ; 
from the base below the cell extends a longitudinal black streak to the 
antemedial line, and a similar streak from the postmedial line to the 
exterior margin. Hind wing white ; veins dusky-brown ; with a 
1888.] FROM THE HIMALAYAS. 409 
marginal row of brown lunules, which also extend across the cilia. 
Thorax, head, palpi, and legs brownish-grey ; abdomen paler. 
Female. Fore wing greyer than in male, the transverse hnes slightly 
more distinct, the longitudinal black streak continued from the base 
to exterior margin. 
Expanse 1^ inch. 
Hab. Kangra. In coll. British Museum. 
Genus Hyboma, Hiibner. 
Hyboma divisa, n. sp. 
Allied to the European H. strigosa, much larger in size. Fore 
wing dark grey, with a slight violaceous tint ; the transverse ante- 
medial black double line less sinuous, the postmedial sinuous double 
line blacker, the intermedial area being outwardly crossed by a zigzag, 
blackish, fasciated band, the longitudinal blackish streak below the 
cell is in a continuous line from the base to outer margin. Ilind 
wing greyish-brown. Thorax, head and palpi, and legs above, dark 
hoary-grey ; palpi and legs with black bands ; abdomen greyish- 
brown. 
Expanse, S If, 2 1^ inch. 
Hab. Kangra. In coll. British Museum. 
'a 
Fam. LeucaniidjE. 
Genus Tympanistes, Moore. 
Tympanistes rubidorsalis, n. sp. 
Fore wing pale pinkish whitish-ochreous, densely but indistinctly 
irrorated with minute brown scales ; reniform mark small, with brown- 
speckled border ; a marginal row of minute black dots. Hind wing 
pinkish-white, the abdominal border suffused with pale pink. Thorax, 
head, palpi, and legs above very pale brownish-ochreous ; abdomen 
white beneath, pinkish-red above. 
Expanse Ig inch. 
Hab. Kangra. In coll. British Museum. 
Genus Axylia, Hiibner. 
Axylia triseriata, n. sp. 
Fore wing greyer in tint of colour than in A. iiutris ; the costal 
border and markings darker, the transverse subbasal zigzag lines less 
acutely angled, the two transverse discal rows of dots situated nearer 
towards the outer margin ; between the inner rows of dots and the 
reniform mark is a distinct third row of very similar dots, the marginal 
row of dentate points are also less distinct. Hind wing pale purplish 
cinereous-brown. 
Expanse 1^ inch. 
Hab. Kangra. In coll. British Museum. 
Leucania irrorata, n. sp. 
Fore wing pale greyish-ochreous, sparsely irrorated with minute 
41.0 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW LEPIDOPTERA [JunC 19, 
black scales, some of which are clustered somewhat linearly below 
base of the cell and beyond its end ; a black spot at lower end ot 
the cell, and a marginal row of minute black dots. Hind wing pale 
cinereous-brown ; cilia white. Body greyish-ochreous ; palpi and 
legs above darker ; tip of abdomen cinereous-brown. 
Expanse Ij^j inch. 
Hab. Kangra. In coll. British Museum. 
Leucania percisa, n. sp. 
Fore wing greyish pinkish-oclireous, with a conspicuous white 
line extending along the median vein from base to exterior margin, 
the line bordered on both sides by purplish-black, most strongly 
beneath at the base, the black also extending upward to the apex ; a 
black spot at lower end of the cell, and a discal and marginal row 
of less distinct minute black dots. Hind wing cinereous-white, with 
pale cinereous-brown outer border ; cilia white. Body greyish- 
ochreous ; a blackish collar across the thorax ; head ochreous-brown ; 
palpi and legs dusky-brown. 
Expanse, c? 1§, ? l|^ inch. 
Hab. Kangra. In coll. British Museum. 
Leucania bifasciata, n. sp. 
Fore wing pale purplish-red, with a pale yellowish fascia along 
base of the costa and another along the posterior margin ; median 
and outer veins to the margin whitish, the former with a sHghtly 
black border, and the latter with an indistinct intermediate black 
streak ascending to the apex ; an indistinct discal row of minute 
black dots. Hind wing pale cinereous-brown, suffused with red on 
the margin and cilia. Body pale yellow, tip of abdomen ochreous ; 
thoracic crest tipped with red ; palpi and legs purplish-red. 
Expanse ly^^ inch. 
Hab. Kangra. In coll. British Museum. 
Allied to L, griseifasciata. 
Alexia fbaterna, n. sp. 
Allied to A. albicosta, both the fore and hind wing and the 
body being of a dark purplish reddish-ochreous colour. Fore wing 
with paler short transverse strigse ; median veins and discoidal streak 
greyish ; the orbicular and reniform spot obsolete. Underside of 
both wings and body also much darker coloured. 
Expanse, d' 1| inch. 
Ilab. Kangia. In coll. British Museum. 
Aletia exanthemata, n. sp. 
Fore wing yellowish-ochreous, speckled with purplish ochreous, 
the speckles being more or less confluent along tlie costal border ; 
across the wing is a curved antemedial and a waved postmedial 
blackish-speckled line, followed by a similar speckled discal line and 
a marginal row of dots ; between the latter is a dusky snbmarginal 
1888.] FROM THE HIMALAYAS. -Ill 
waved line ; orbicular and reniform spot almost free from the darker 
speckles. Hind wiaij pale yellow, with a suffused dusky-brown 
margin ; cilia pale yellow. Thorax and head yellowish-ochreous ; 
palpi and legs purplish-ochreous. 
Expanse lf\,- to If^ inch. 
Hah. Kangra. In coM. British Museum. 
Aletia rudis, n. sp. 
Allied to A. obscura. Fore wing brownish-ferruginous, very 
sparsely irrorated with minute blackish scales aud with indistinctly 
darker brownish-ferruginous short transverse strigse, which are most 
apparent in the female ; veins greyish ; a small whitish spot at lower 
end of the cell, at base of upper medians, the spot with black-speckled 
border ; a very indistinct pale reniform spot, which in the female 
is slightly bordered with black scales ; a very indistinct, transverse, 
discal, black-speckled line, the points only of which are seen in the 
male. Hind wings ferrugiuous-brown, palest at the base. 
Expanse, cJ lj% $ \j\ inch. 
Hab. Kangra. In coll. British Museum. 
Fam. Caradrinid^e. 
Caradrina farinacea, n. sp. 
Fore wing minutely white-speckled ; crossed by a very indistinct 
basal, subbasal, medial, and a discal, sinuous, slender, blackish liue, 
followed by a subniarginal lunular line ; the orbicular spot indistinct ; 
reniform spot with black-speckled border and central dots. Hind 
wing greyish-white, with a slight greyish-brown border ; cilia white. 
Body and legs grey ; tarsi with brown bands. 
Expanse Ij inch. 
Hab. Kangra. In coll. British Museum. 
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Fam. Heliothid^. 
Genus Pradatta, Moore. 
Pradatta bimacxjlata, n. sp. 
Male. Fore wing pale straw-yellow, the veins indistinctly lined 
with ochreous-red ; a minute, black, discocellular dot at upper end 
of the cell : hind wing white. Body pale straw-yellow ; thorax 
in front and palpi brighter ; fore legs above ochreous-brown, tibial 
claws black. 
Expanse f inch 
Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. 
Genus Masalia, Moore. 
Masalia tosta, n. sp. 
Female. Fore wing ochreous-red, with a slight pale yellow streak 
extending through end of the cell to near the outer margin ; costal 
edge also pale yellow ; cilia slightly edged with white. Hind wing 
412 ON NEW LEPIDOPTERA FROM THE HIMALAYAS. [JunC 19, 
pale straw-yellow ; veins and outer border slightly speckled witli 
minute red scales ; cilia with a pale red inner border. Underside 
pale ochreous-yellow ; veins of fore wing and costal border of hind 
wing ochreous-red. Thorax, front of head, palpi, and legs above 
ochreous ; fore tibial claws black ; abdomen pale straw-yellow. 
Expanse I5 inch. 
Hah. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. 
Fam. AnthophilidjE. 
Genus Metachrostis, Hiibner. 
(Syn. Leptosia, Guenee.) 
Metachrostis contingens, n. sp. 
Dark grey. Fore wing with a basal and three equidistant trans- 
verse more or less interrupted brown waved bands ; the third band 
broadest at end of the cell and there forming a reniform spot ; before 
which is an orbicular spot ; a submarginal sinuous pale line. Hind 
wing cinereous-grey, with short, posterior, sinuous, brown-speckled 
bands ; a marginal black luuular line to both wings. Body, palpi, 
and tarsal bands dark grey ; legs cinereous. 
Expanse -^-^ inch. 
Uab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. 
Fam. AcoNTiiDyE. 
Genus Canna, Walker. 
Canna splendens, n. sp. 
Male. Upperside : fore wing with a large, broad, waved-bordered, 
pale emerald-green patch, which terminates in a small lower spot on 
hind margin near the base, both with dark brown speckled margins ; 
outer area of wing pale green, crossed by a white lunular discal line ; 
a white-centred brown anterior spot and a white posterior spot on 
exterior margin ; two minute spots also on costa before the apex ; 
cilia green, alternated with brown ; hind wing pale pinkish-brown ; 
margin palest. Body pale brown : front of thorax and vertex 
emerald-green, hind part of thorax and dorsal tuft on middle of 
abdomen black-fringed. 
Expanse 1|^ inch. 
Hab. Dharmsala, 6200 feet ; August. In coll. British Museum.