56 LIPAEID.E. 



beyond posterior angle of fore wing : costal margin somewhat straight, apex pointed ; 

 exterior margin very convex ; abdominal margin short ; veins similar to those in Ljimantria 

 (L. flispar), except that the two upper median branches are close together at their base. 

 Body robust, short; antenna^ minutely pectinate; palpi small, pilose; legs naked; fore 

 femora slightlv fringed beneath. 



BaUIKiXA f'AKXEOLA, 11. sp. 



Female. Upperside pale rosy flesh-colour ; base of hind wing brighter red ; fore wing 

 with three short black streaks, one being at end of tlie cell, anotlier obliquely on costa near 

 the base, the third below it on the hind margin. Underside of wings more roseate than 

 above ; costal edge red. Antenntr black, basal tuft red ; front of head and fore coxte red ; 

 palpi black above ; legs black in front ; fore and middle femora red beneath ; abdomen 

 beneath with slight segmental red bands. 



Expanse ."^ inches. 



Hab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger and F. Moore. 



DURA, nov. gen. 



Fore wing short ; costa slightly arched ; apex somewhat rounded ; exterior margin 

 slightly oblique and convex, hind margin long. Hind wing short ; apex rounded ; exterior 

 margin much produced and angled in the middle ; abdominal margin short ; veins similar 

 to those in Lymantria monaeha, excepting that hi the fore wing the lowest subcostal branch 

 is here emitted below the end of the cell (as a radial) from the angle of upper discocellular 

 vein, the next subcostal branch being also emitted above it and at a short distance from the 

 cell. Body moderate, not extending beyond anal angle; antenniE bipectiuate; palpi porrect, 

 pilose ; legs slender, slightly pilose, spurred. 



Dura alba, n. sp. 



Male and female. White. Fore wing crossed by very indistinct pale brownish sinuous 

 bands ; a brown spot at end of the cell, and a marginal row of brown spots: hind wing with 

 a brown spot at upper end of tlie cell, and a marginal row of spots. Underside white ; 

 cell-spot and marginal series as above. Palpi blackish at side ; legs white. 



Expanse, 6 1|, ? 2|- inches. 



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



Mlied to I), alhiran.s {I)as//cJiira albieaus, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. vii. p. 1739). 



