142 EEASTEIID^. 



Erasteia nubila, n. sp. 



Nearest allied to E. fiisca. 



Male and female. Fore wing much darker ferruginovis-browii, the basal and outer area 

 more clouded ; transverse black lines less distinct ; orbicular and reniforin spots smaller, pale 

 ferruginous : hind wing dark cinereous ; oviter margin brownish. 



Expanse l^^v inch. 



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



Erastria cidarioides, n. sp. 



Allied to E. fuscula, of Europe. 



Fore wing dark ferruginous-brown, the basal area slightly brighter ; transverse 

 markings similar ; the orbicular and reniform spots grey-brown ; the outer border has the 

 white confined along the lower part of the discal sinuous line, and in the female is present 

 only as a narrow border to it: hind wing pale cinereous-brown. 



Expanse 1^^^ inch. 



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



Genus PHOTHEDES, Ledercr. 



Phothedes bitars. 

 Phothecles bipars, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 373, pi. xxxviii. fig. 7. 



Allied to the European P. caj)tiiincula, ZcUer. Fore wing with the basal half dark 

 brown, enclosing a white-lined narrow reniform spot ; outer half pale brown, the margin 

 and cilia speckled with dark brown : hind wing and abdomen pale brown. Thorax and 

 fore legs above dark brown ; collar, fiont of head, and palpi greyish-brown. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Ilab. Cherra Fungi, Assam. In coll. Dr. Staudinijer. 



Genus BAKKIA, Gum. 



Bankia ren.alis. 

 Bunkia abnormis, Van M. d. Rioy, MS. 



Fore wing pale greenish-brown ; with an antemedial transverse oblique wliite line, from 

 which longitudinal streaks less distinctly extend to the base of the wing ; a postmedial 

 transverse similar white line, which is interrupted by a prominent white-bordered black-lined 

 reniform mark, the upper end of the line extending obliquely outward from the costa ; a 

 short white line from the apex and some longitudinal looped lines on the disk, the white lines 



