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NEW CtENEEA and SPECIES OF MOTHS FROM THE 

 OLD-WOKLD EEGIONS IX THE TRING MUSEUM. 



Rv \V. WARREN, M.A., F.E.S. 



Family DEEPANULWAE. 



Neoreta gen. nov. 



Tliis name is iiropnsed for the species comprised in Section IIa of fhrta 

 (Hmpsn., F. B. I. I. p. 350), viz. griseotincta Hmpsn., hi/aloclisca Hmpsn. (/'. /»'. f. 

 IV. p. 479), and olc/ti Swinh., Ann. and Afaff. ffi). XIV. ]>. 434, witli tliis last 

 as type. 



Antennae, botli in c? and ?, stronjjly l)ip('ctinate ; palpi very slmrf. In tlie 

 latter characteristic it agrees with <i/-r/t/ AVllc. : but that genns ]ias the antennae 

 serrated, the serrations sometimes free, sometimes coalescent. Cobanilla Moore, 

 which has the same pectinated antennae as Nroirt'i, differs both from it and Orefa 

 in having the palpi more largely devehiiied anil nptnrned in front of face. 



1. Neoreta olga Swinli., A. and M. 1804, II. p. 434, S: Tr. E. S. 189.5, PI. I. 



fig. l-l. 



The ? oi' this species is somewhat different in coloration and markings from 

 tlie (?. 



Wings pale monse-colonr, with darker striae ; the inner edge of onter line 

 faintly brown-tinged ; the costal portion of outer line with a single black blotch 

 between veins and 7; no darker sufl'usion between the angle and tlie cell ; both 

 wings with a faint whitish cell-spot, and a slightly brownish patch towards 

 hindniargin between veins 2 and 4. 



Underside like upper, grey, not yellow, with very slight rufous tinge in ])lacos. 



The specimen here described is from the Khasia Hills, dated December 1896. 



The antennae are strongly bipecHnato. 



Family Til YL'J IHDAE. 

 2. Banisia angustifascia sji. nov. 



Foreivings : pale greyisli brown, with slightly darker strignlose markings : 

 the fasciae of the same colour, narrow and vertical, with faintly darker onter edges : 

 first at one-fourth, just bent on the subcostal vein : second before the middle, its 

 outer edge nearly straight, widened along tlie extreme costa : third from costa just 

 beyond middle, forked below the subcostal, tlie onter arm outcnrved : fourth curved 

 and without dark edging, from costa before apex to middle of hindniargin ; basal 

 area rather darker ; the pale intervals between the fasciae traversed by inter- 

 rupted strignlose lines ; fringe dark olive-brown, with the extreme tips pale 

 throughout. 



Uirnhnngs : slightly ocbraceous-tinged, with subbasal, forked median, and 

 marginal curved fasciae, all somewhat darker ; fringe as in forewings. 



