44 LIPARID^. 



Family LIPARID^. 



Genus ORYGIA^ Ochsenhfimer. 

 Orygia, Ochs., Schmett. Eur. iii. 218. 



Orygia ocularis, n. sp. 



Male. Upperside umber-brown : fore wing with a large suffused-bordered black-lined 

 spot enclosing a pale lunule at end of the cell ; two black suffused lunular lines below the 

 spot, and some black dentate marks before the apex. Underside paler ; spot on fore wing 

 indistinct. 



Expanse f inch. 



Hah. Calcutta. In coll. Dr. Staudinger and F. Moore. 



Allied to 0. postica {Laeida postica. Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. pt. iv. p. 803), 

 but differs in its smaller size, paler colour, and less prominent markings. 



Genus CHARNIDAS, Walker. 

 Charmdas, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. ]\I. iv. p. 797. 



Charnidas ochracea, n. sp. 



Female. Upperside ochreous : fore wing with a few scattered black scales indistinctly 

 visible, some of which are disposed in a maculated series across the disk ; a more prominent 

 black spot at end of the cell. Underside slightly paler, both wings with an indistinct black 

 spot near upper end of the cell. Pectinations of antennae dark brown. 



Expanse If inch. 



Ilah. Calcutta. In coll. Dr. Staudinger and F. Moore. 



"Larva with tawny brushes on the back. Feeds on Bamboo. Pupa October 19th ; 

 imago October 2Sth." — M8. note, A. Grote. 



Charnidas cinnamomea, u. sp. 



Male. Upperside — fore wing dark cinnamon-brown : hind wing paler, and with brighter 

 brown borders. Fore wing with an indistinct dusky brown streak at end of the ceU. Under- 

 side uniform cinnamon-brown. Thorax dark brown ; abdomen cinnamon-brown ; antennfe 

 blackish, shaft brown. 



Expanse 1^ to 1-jnj inch. 



Ilah. Pangi, Upper Kunawur, N.W. Himalayas. In coU. Capt. Lang, Dr. Staudinger, 

 and F. Moore. 



Nearest allied to C. Utitra, Walker, I. c. p. 797. 



