82 LASIOCAMPIDJi. 



Genus TRICHIURA, Stephens. 

 Trichiura, Stcpli. Brit. Ent. ii. p. 42. 



Trichiura khasiana, u. sp. (Plate III. fig. 21.) 



Upperside dark vinous-brown : fore wing with ferruginous-brown veins and black lon- 

 gitudinal interspaces speckled with grey ; crossed by three black pale-bordered lines — the 

 first subbasal, second discal, and third marginal, the middle band wavy, the outer zigzag and 

 ochreous-speckled : hind wing with very indistinct darker subbasal band. Underside 

 uniform brown : fore wing with a few grey speckles at the apex ; liind wing with indistinct 

 subbasal darker band. Antenna?, head, palpi, thorax, and legs dark brown ; abdomen paler. 



Expanse If inch. 



Ilab. Khasia Hills. In coll. Dr. Staudiniier. 



Genus MUSTILIA, TFa/ker. 

 Mustilia, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. Suppl. p. 580. 



MUSTILIA CASTANEA, n. sp. 



Male. Fore wing dark chestnut-red ; an oblique blackish line curving from apex to 

 hind margin near the angle ; three broad transverse bands formed of greyish chalybeate scales, 

 retracting inward to the costa ; a small black spot at end of the cell : hind wing dark fer- 

 ruginous, palest at base ; three short discal indistinct narrow dusky lines curved from above 

 the anal angle. Underside ferruginous, palest at base : fore wing with short blackish 

 oblique line from apex ; a spot at end of cell : hind wing grey at anal angle ; two transverse 

 discal brown lines ; a black spot at end of the cell. Body dark chestnut-red, paler beneath ; 

 thorax washed with chalybeate ; antennas pale ferruginous. 



Expanse 2| inches. 



Ilab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Differs from M. faJcipennis, Walk, (winch is also from Darjiling), in being of a darker 

 colour both above and beneath. The hind wing has the outer margin convex, and is not 

 produced before the anal angle ; and there are three transverse lines which are curved, two 

 widely separated lines only being present in M. falc/'pemris. On the underside the markings 

 in M. castanea are very indistinct. 



Mustilia iiepatica, n. sp. (Plate III. fig. 18.) 



Male. Upperside ochreous-brown, greyish-ochreous at base of wings and on thorax ; 

 fore wing with an oblique narrow wavy blackish line from apex to hind margin one third 

 from the angle, and a transverse subbasal zigzag line ; a large oblique blackish spot at end 

 of the cell ; two brown streaks on costa before the apex ; three confluent pale ochreous spots 

 above posterior angle : hind wing with a transverse medial curved wavy blackish line from 



