T YCRACOXA. — S V DIVA. 95 



TYCRACONA, uov. gen. 



Allied to Acromjcfa. 



Fore wing moderately long, broad anteriorly ; costa nearly straight, apex slightly 

 acute, exterior margin convexly obliqne ; second subcostal branch bitid, fourth anastomosed 

 to third near the base, the fifth starting from the point of junction above end of the cell, 

 sixth (or upper radial) from angle at upper end of tlie cell; lower radial and two median 

 branches from broad angle at lower end of the cell. Hind \\\w^ Ijroad, sli^litly angular 

 below the apex, exterior margin convex ; costal and subcostal joined at their base, two sub- 

 costal branches from end of the cell, radial from the middle of discocellulars ; two median 

 branches from end of the cell, lower contiguous. IJody moderately stout, sqiiamous ; palpi 

 slender, squamous, third joint conical, half the length of the second; legs squamous; 

 aiitennie slender, setose. 



TYCUACON'A OliLIQUA, n. sp. 



Tycracona obl'iqua, Jloore, Aid, pt. . pi. 



21ale and female. Fore wing covered with dark-grey and dark vinou.s-brown scales ; 

 crossed by irregular marron and grey subbasal and discal zigzag narrow bands, the marron 

 colour predominating apically ; a prominent oblique subapical black streaky band crossing 

 from middle of the costa to middle of exterior margin : hind wing and abdomen pale 

 cupreous-brown, with a grey marginal lunular line. Collar, head, and palpi dark marron, 

 thorax marron and grey-speckled ; legs grey with marron bands. 



Expanse, t^ l-j^^, ? \-^^^ inch. 



Ilah. Cherra and Darjiling. In cull. Dr. Staudinger. 



TyCRACON.A. transversa, n. sp. (I'latc IV. fig. 5.) 



Upperside vinous-brown. Fore wing crossed by irregular grey-bordered sliort longi- 

 tudinally-disposed black bands, two beyond the cell being most prtnninent, recurved and 

 sinuous ; a marginal row of black triangular spots ; orbicular and renitorm spots grey : 

 hind wing pale cupreous-brown. Head, palpi, and thorax grey-speckled ; legs brown- 

 streaked above. 



]'>x})anse Ij^q inch. 



Hah. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



SYDIVA, uov. gen. 



Near to Acronijcta. Fore wing Ioult, narrow ; apex pointed, exterior margin oblique 

 and slightly convex ; costal vein extending two thirds the margin ; first subcostal branch 

 emitted before half length of the cell, second branch at one fourth from the end, trifurcate, 

 third and fourth branch at equal distances apart from second beyond the cell, fifth ascending 

 fiom end of the cell and touching the third near- its base ; cell long ; upper radial from 



