CARRISA. — Pl.MPRANA. 41 



coU-spot, two abovp anal ani,'-li', and one near apox. Underside as above. Thorax pale 

 ochreous ; abdomen bright crimson above, white beneath ; sides of thorax beneath and 

 pectus crimson ; antennir, palpi, and side of head black : legs white, fore legs above with 

 a terminal spot on femora and tibi;r. and tarsi l)lack. 



Expanse l^-o inch. 



Hah. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Nearest allied to /. rubitinctu (Spilosoma rahitinrta, Moore, V. Z. S. ISG-j, p. 809). 



CARBISA, nov. -on. 



Fore wing somewhat short, trigonal, apex convex, exterior margin very oblicpie, hind 

 margin short ; veins similar to those; in Icamhonida, but with the first and third median 

 branches much curved : hind wing sliort and trigonal, apex convex, exterior margin slightly 

 roimded. 15odv robust; thorax broad, laxly pilose : abdomen less pilose; antennic bipec- 

 tinate ; palpi short, not extending beyond the head, decumbent, pilose ; legs pilose 

 beneath. 



Carrisa vkxosa, n. sp. (Plate II. fig. 10.) 



Male. Upperside — fore wing pale brownish-ochreous ; veins pale ochreous-white. Cilia 

 yellowish : hind wing pale yellowish-ochreous, with a very indistinct brown submarginal 

 fascia. Underside pale ochreous-yellow ; a slight indistinct subapical brown streak on fore 

 wing, and a similar-coloured streak near anal angle of hind \\ ing. Thorax, palpi, and head 

 ochreous-yellow ; abdomen above paler, with narrow black segmental bands ; antenna; bro^^^^, 

 shaft white ; fore legs black-streaked above, middle and hind femora with a black terminal 

 spot. * 



Expanse If inch. 



Bah. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



PIMPRANA, nov. gen. 



Male. Fore wing long, narrow ; costa arched at tlu^ ])ase and bef(n-e the apox, angle 

 acute, exterior margin slightly oblique, posterior angle rounded ; subcostal vein five- 

 branched, first and second arising before end of thi^ cell, fourth and fifth from below 

 the third beyond the cell ; discocellulars bent inward ; radial from upper end of the cell ; 

 median vein four-branched, three upper branches frf)m lower end of the cell : hind wing 

 broad, trigonal, extending beyond fore wing, anterior margin slightly arched, apex very 

 convex, abdominal margin short ; subcostal vein forked at a short distance from end of the 

 cell, the radial from middle of discocellulars, median vein three-branched. Body moderate, 

 pilose ; abdomen extending beyond hind wing, sides and apex tufted ; palpi stout, densely 

 pilose, porrect, extending slightly beyond the head, third joint short; antennae long, 

 setose ; femora and tibitc of all the legs densely pilose, middle and hind legs spurred. 



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