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NEW SPECIES AND GENERA OF 



THE FAMILIES THYIUDIDAE, URANIIDAE, EPIPLEMIDAE, 



AND GEOMETBIDAE FROM THE OLD-WORLD REGIONS. 



By W. warren, M.A., r.E.8. 



Family TIIYRIDIDAE. 



1. Banisia nana sp. no v. 



ForewiiKjs : browDish ocliremiis, with darker brown reticulations; the markings 

 slight and obscure ; a dark line before the middle, and another be3'ond the middle, 

 the latter thickened towards inner margin ; an indistinct Hue from costa before 

 apex to the elbow in hindinargin ; fringe concolorons. 



Ilinihrhx/s : with traces of a central and outer fascia towards the costa. 



Underside paler, with ferruginous markings; the apical line of forewiugs and 

 a short one at anal angle more distinct, blackish. Head, thorax, and abdomen 

 concolorons. 



Exi)anse of wings : 16 mm. 



1 c? from Snmba, February 1896 (W. Doherty). 



2. Camptochilus funifera sp. nov. 



Foi'cwings : ruddy ochreous, covered with very numerous fine reticulations; 

 lines brown ; first near base, slender, obtusely bent below median ; a second 

 beyond is only distinct as far as the median : from before middle of costa to before 

 apex a brown semi-elliptical patch, from the outer edge of which a thick brown- 

 black oblique streak runs to middle of inner margin, becoming partially obsolete 

 below submedian fold ; just beyond it a fine sinuous brown line runs from the onter 

 edge of the patch into anal angle, and from the end of tlie patch another line, 

 nearly straight, runs to hindmargin at vein 3 : to the ends of veins 4, .">, 6, T, also 

 faint brown oblique lines run from the patch, the top one straight and ])lain. 



IJiiidwiiHi^ : with the oblique streak continued fainter across wing before 

 middle ; the two long outer lines repeated, being curved and furcate before 

 reaching hindmargin ; a short brown curved streak from inner margin to median 

 vein near base ; fringes of both wings reddish brown. 



Underside paler, the markings all duller; the hindmargin deeper tinted; 

 hindwings still jialer, excepting the costal area. Head, thorax, and abdomen 

 concolorons with wings; face and palpi rather darker. 



Expanse of wings : 39 mm. 



1 ? from the Khasia Hills, May 1897. 



3. Dixoa trijuncta sj). nov. 

 Foreivings : white, with numerous fuscons ochreous spots and striae, of which 

 two towards middle of inner margin are rather more cons])icnous ; three black 

 submargiual spots below apex ; base of wing and costa tinged with smoky grey ; 

 fringe white, with small spots at end of veins. 



