KA.IF.MIRA.— NAYACA. 43 



I;A.II:M)1IA, ik.v. '^cn.* 



Form ami ncuratiou similar to Creafonofus (C. intrmiptm^), l)ut differs in the liiud wing 

 bein<T shorter, less jirodncod at the a])ex, and the s^roater convexitj* of the hind margin. 

 Palpi prominent; antennae minntely hipectinate in male, simple in female. 



Type. B. lativitta. 



H.\.ri:NM)i;.\ i.ativitta, ti. s]). 



Male. Allied to 7^. bigiiftafa (Aloa hignttrifd. Walker, C'atal. Lep. TIet. B. M. iii. p. 707) 

 from the western Ghauts. Differs in tlie fore wing liavin^- a nnuh l)roa(l(>r longitudinal 

 liand, which is also less bent below the end of the cell; the liiud wing differs also in the 

 black costal border being n-arrower and the marginal spot smaller. 



Expanse \-^s inch. 



Hah. Parisnath Hill, I'(>har (September). In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



XAYACA, iiov. gon. 



Similar in form and iienratiou to Alphert., Walker. Body stout; thorax and abdomen 

 thickly pilfi'^c^ ; head prominent, pilose ; abdomen extending beyond hind wings; antennae 

 long, rather broadly bipectinate in male, less so in female ; palpi porrect, stout, first and 

 second joints pilose^ lieneatb. third joint squamous; legs stout, scpiamous, spurred, femora 

 pilose beneath. 



Type Xajjaca hnhnta {Arrfia imbiiia, AValker, C'atal. Lep. Ilet. 15. M. iii. p. 614). 



Hab. Himalayas. 



Nayaca florescexs, n. sp. (Plato 11. fig. 1.3.) 



Hale. Fore wing pale ochreo\is-brown, veins ochreous-yellow ; a series of white 

 variously-shaped spots between the v(>ins — disposed similar to those in Alphea fuhohirta, 

 but of different shape ; the spots between the lower median and submedian veins connected 

 by a short peduncle : hind wing white, with three olive-brown spots on anterior margin, one 

 at end of the cell, another below the apex, and a larger irregular-shaped spot from anal 

 angle. Wings beneath paler, marked as above. Thorax ochrcous-brown with pale ochreous 

 edges ; collar fringed with red ; top of head ochreous-yellow ; front of head and palpi olive- 

 bro^TO ; abdomen bright ochreous-red above, beneath white with wn abdominal streak and 

 lateral spot olive-brown; legs olive-brown, paler beneath, femora red. 



Expanse \'^ inch. 



Hah. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



* This genus will embrace the species described by ^fr. Walker as Aloa inUffra, A. ilentata, A. hirfuttata, as well 

 as those I described as Aloci sipnJii and A. )iiffric(tn.<i. 



