244 BOAEMIID.^. 



slightly touching tlie costal near the end, third trifid ; discoccllular almost straight, slightly 

 oblique ; middle median close to end of cell, lower at half: hind wing broader, cell half the 

 length ; middle median at one eighth, lower at half. Body stout ; palpi obliquely porrected, 

 narrower, smooth ; antennee bipectiuated to one third the tip, the branches very long, stout, 

 and densely ciliated ; legs stouter. 

 Type A. cineracca. 



ASTACUDA CINERACEA, n. sp. 



Dark cinereous, with a pale purplish tint ; brown-speckled : fore wing crossed by a 

 slender blackish antemedial and a postmedial pale cinereous-white bordered sinuous line, 

 between wliich is a similar-shaped speckled fascia, and beyond a submarginal pale-bordered 

 sinuous f iscia, and a marginal row of black points ; each line dilated at tlie costal end ; a 

 blackish lunnle at end of cell : hind wing crossed by a medial blackish-speckled fascia, 

 encompassing a lunular cell-mark ; a sinuous discal line, a pale-bordered fascia, and mar- 

 ginal points. Front of head, palpi, and fore legs above dark brown. 



Expanse, d 2|, ? 2| inches. 



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



ASTACUDA AMPLA, n. sp. 



Male. Differs from A. cineracea in being of a pale brownish colour ; markings similarly 

 disposed, but diffused and less defined, the pale borders white ; the medial sinuous fascia 

 being partly obsolescent and its upper end placed immediately above and confluent with the 

 cell-spot ; cell-spot on both wings also broadly oval (not lunate). On the hind wing tlie 

 discal sinuous line is situated nearer end of the cell. Female more distinctly and thickly 

 brown-speckled on a whiter ground-colour ; tlie markings more diffused and less defined than 

 in same sex of yi. cineracea, the pale borderings also whiter. Underside paler, whiter, ^^itll 

 indistinct brown strigaj ; discal line broken and composed of strigae ; marginal band paler, 

 the band on hind wing being narrow and submarginal. 



Expanse, d 2, ? 2| inches. 



Ilah. N.E.Bengal (Grote) ; Cherra Punji {Atkinson). In coll. Dr. Staudinger and 

 F. Moore. 



Genus CATORIA, Moore. 



CaTOKIA 0LIVESCEX8, n. Sp. 



Differs from C. suhlavaria [Bonnnia sublavaria, Guen.) in being of a pale dull oliva- 

 ceous colour, instead of white ; markings similarly disposed. On the fore wing the cell-spot 

 is larger, the postmedial series of points less dentate, the submarginal and marginal series 

 of spots quite round. On the hind wing the cell-spot is also much larger, oval in shape, 

 and has a pale lunular centre, the inner speckled fascia is broader, and the outer series of 

 markings more distinctly rounded. On the underside the black marginal band is broader, 

 and the black cell-spot on fore wing is lunular and extends entirely across end of the cell. 



Expanse 1-| inch. 



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



