124 HADENID^. 



outer border, and the latter with a similar inner border ; a submarginal yellow zigzag line 

 with interrupted black border ; some yellow spots on costal edge ; a marginal row of black 

 dentate spots ; orbicular and reniform quadrate marks ill-defined, the latter with a bright 

 yellow contiguous spot at lower angle of the cell : hind wing and abdomen senescent purplish 

 brown. Thorax, head, palpi, and legs senescent-ochreous. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Ilab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



DiANTHECIA LITERATA, U. sp. 



Fore wing brownish-ochreous, crossed by a subbasal, antemedial, and a postmedial 

 yellow zigzag black-bordered line and a less defined submarginal zigzag fascia ; a broad 

 obliquely-quadrate black-bordered yellow orbicular and reniform marks, which are confluent 

 hindward and extend at an equal width below the cell to submedian vein, thus forming a 

 large letter Y ; costal edge with black and yellow spots ; exterior border with a marginal 

 row of yellow-bordered dentate marks : hind wing pale purplish-cinereous. Thorax, head, 

 palpi, and legs brownish-ochreous, yellow-speckled ; collar blackish. 



Expanse 1-1% inch. 



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



DiANTHECIA VENOSA, U. sp. 



Similar to D. litcrata. Fore wing paler-coloured, the veins speckled with lilac-grey ; 

 with bright olive-yellow transverse markings, but the space between orbicular and reniform 

 marks more triangular, and the portion below the cell narrower ; a slight zigzag blackish 

 fascia below the apex only, and no black dentate marks on exterior margin, but replaced by 

 olive-yellow marks : hind wing pale purplish-cinereous. Thorax yellow. 



Expanse l-i-^- inch. 



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



DiANTHECIA CALAMISTRATA, n. sp. (Plate IV. fig. 23.) 



Near to B. iierj)Iexa, Schiff. Fore wing pale ochreous-brown, with two subbasal and a 

 discal transverse white-bordered black zigzag line, an outer discal white line with black 

 dentate borders ; a white inner-bordered black ringlet below the cell, and a white-bordered 

 black orbicular and reniform mark ; some short black streaks on the costa, and a marginal 

 lunular spotted line ; cilia alternate black and white : hind wing ochreous-brown ; cilia 

 paler. Thorax and collar black-speckled ; palpi black at the side ; abdomen beneath and 

 legs above with black bands. 



Expanse l^^- inch. 



Hab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



