52 LIPAEID^. 



nearly straight ; apex somewhat pointed ; costal vein extending to apex ; subcostal two- 

 branched, starting beyond end of the cell ; other veins as in fore wing. Body slender ; an- 

 tenniB bipectinate ; palpi minute, slender, ascending ; legs slender, fore femora and tibiae 

 slightly pilose> other legs spurred. 



DaI'LASA IKKUKATA, u. sp. (Plate II. fig. 17.) 



Mule. Fore wing white, irrorated with minute brown scales, composing apparently four 

 oblique bands, which are shortest and most distinct on the hind margin, the outer band ex- 

 tending across the disk from apex. Hind wing and abdomen pale yellow. Underside pale 

 yellow ; costa of fore wing bright yellow. Thorax white, brown-speckled ; palpi, and legs 

 above, bright jellow. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Hah. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



MAHOBA, nov. gcu. 



Male. Fore wing short, broad ; costa slightly arched ; apex pointed ; exterior margin 

 long, oblique. Hind wing broad, extending beyond posterior angle, apex rounded ; abdominal 

 margin long ; veins similar to those in L/fniaitfria. Body narrow ; abdomen shorter than 

 hind wing ; antenmc broadly bipectinate, less so in female ; palpi porrect, extending beyond 

 the head, flat, pilose, tip exposed ; legs slender, pilose, spurred. 



Female. Wings broader ; outer margin of fore wing less oblique : hind wing broader 

 and more rounded at apex. 



MaUOBA PLAOIODOTATA. (Plate HI. tig. (J, J" .) 

 Vyt-ndia plai/iudotata, Walker, Cat. Lcp. Ilet. 13. il. x.w. Geom. p. 1183 (18G^), ? . 



Male and female. Whitish : fore wing numerously irrorated with ferruginous speckles, 

 which form three confluent patclies on the costa and indistinctly extend across the wing ; 

 also a ferruginous patch along exterior margin, a transverse discal pale-bordered sinuous 

 streak at end of the cell ; hind wing witli a large brown medial, a subanal spot, and a patch 

 at and below the apex. Underside creamy-white : fore wing with a large ferruginous-brown 

 spot at end of the cell and patch at apex : hind wing with upper and lower spots as abo\e ; 

 apical patch indistinct. Head and thorax hoary ; abdomen ochreous, with black bands 

 beneath ; antenna; blackish ; palpi and legs ochreous and black-speckled. 



Expanse 2J inches. 



llah. Darjiling. In coU. British Museum and Dr. Staudinger. 



MaUOBA IKKOKATA, 11. sp. 



Female. Upperside ochreous-white: fore wing very sparsely irrorated with ferruginous 



