18 (.HALCOSIID^. 



washed with emerakl-green ; apex broadly bhick enclosing a series of small white spots ; 

 oblique discal intermediate space cream-white : hind wing pale yellow ; apical curved black 

 band crossed by t;reen veins. Underside as above, except that in the fore wing the base is 

 black to below the cell. Antennae steel-blue ; front of head metallic brown and white ; ver- 

 tex and collar carmine red ; thorax metallic blue ; abdomen and legs metallic greyish-white. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



Ilab. Ilazar D. [? Hazara District]. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Nearest allied to l\ idceoides, H.-Sch. Lep. Spec. Nov. pi. 1. f G. 



Geuus CYCLOSIA, Hiibner. 

 Ci/clostn, HLibner, Verz. bck. Schmett. p. 177. 



CyCLOSIA CAltDINALIS, H. sp. 



Allied to L'.fnli(jiiiusa, Walk. C'atal. Lep. Het. B. M. ii. p. 418. 



Male. Upperside — fore wing with the base and a partly contiguous wavy transverse 

 discal band dark fuliginous ; apical half of wing white ; veins and outer margin darker 

 fuliginous : hind wing metallic yellowish-fuliginous, yellowest on abdominal margin ; discoidal 

 vein streaked with blue ; outer margin broadly white bordered and crossed with black. 

 Underside as above, but paler, and veins at the base streaked with blue. Front of head 

 metallic-blue, hind part of head and collar crimson, thorax and abdomen abo\e purplish 

 black ; antennae steel-blue ; legs and abdomen beneath greyish-fuliginous. 



Expanse 2| inch. 



Hah. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Genus HERPA, Walker. 

 Herjm, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. 15. .M. ii. [>. Ul. 



HeUVA SLIBHYALINA, 11. sp. 



Male. Wings subhyaline, pale yellowish : fore wing with fuliginous veins. Underside as 

 above, costal border of both wings fuliginous. Antennge long, jet-black, pectinations very 

 broad; head fuliginous-black ; thorax yellowish ; abdomen greyish-yellow ; legs and abdomen 

 beneath blackish-fuliginous. 



Expanse 2| inches. 



Ilab. Lachung Valley, Sikhim. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Genus HISTIA, HU/mer. 

 Histia, Hubnerj Verz. bek. Scbniett. p. l!/'S. 



Histia nilgiea, u. sp. 



Female. Upperside — fore wing fuliginous-black, veins and parallel intervening streaks 

 black : hind wing at base pale metallic emerald-green streaked with fuliginous between the 



