246 BOAKMIID.E. 



a large oval dusky spot at end of cell, a diffused sinuous discal fascia, and outer margin dark 

 ochreous-brown, the latter bordered by the sinuous whitish line. Thorax above dark 

 ochreous-brown ; collar whitish ; front of head, palpi, and fore legs dark brown. 



Expanse, 6 2f, ? 3| inches. 



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



Note.' — Bourmia ponderata, Feld., pi. 125. f. 18, is an allied species. 



LASSABA, n. g. 

 Fore wing moderately short, broad, triangular ; apex obtuse ; cell more than half the 

 length ; costal bifid near end ; first subcostal about one sixth before end of cell, second 

 contiguous, trifid, fifth from end of cell ; discocellular outwardly-oblique, concave, radial 

 from the middle ; tlie middle median at one sixth, lower at half : hind wing broad, apex 

 convex, exterior margin dentated ; cell more than half the length ; discocellular outwardly- 

 oblique, radial from the middle ; first subcostal and middle median each very near end of cell, 

 lower median nearly half. Body moderately slender ; palpi porrect, projecting one third 

 beyond the head, clothed with very lax hairy scales beneath ; antennse in male very broadly 

 bipectinated to one tliird the tip, branches ciliated ; antennas in female setaceous ; legs long, 

 slender, spurs slender. 



Lassaba coxtaminata, n. sp. 



Male ami female. White : fore wing with a few dark brown strigse disposed mostly 

 along the costa, on the veins, and along tlie exterior border ; crossed by a dark brown- 

 speckled narrow zigzag antemcdial band, an incomplete postmedial, and a submarginal band, 

 the space between the two latter being clouded with ferruginous-brown ; a black streak at 

 end of cell, which is contiguous to a broader costal streak above it and a paler streak 

 obliquely below it : hind wing sparsely flecked with brown; a blackisli dot at end of cell ; 

 crossed by a discal row of blackish points, tlie outer border clouded with ferruginous-brown ; 

 marginal lunular slender line, black. Tip of palpi and bands on fore legs dark ferruginous- 

 brown ; hind legs black-speckled. 



Expanse, j 2^, ? 2| inches. 



Bah. Darjiling (yJ/'/i7;;so?i); Chumbi Valley, Sikkim (Elwes). In coll. Dr. Staudinger 

 and F. Moore. 



Genus GNOPHOS, Treit. 



GnOPHOS GRAXITAIilA, n. Sp. 



Greyish-brown, palest in the male ; numerously speckled with black scales : fore wing 

 crossed by an indistinct black-speckled antemedial duplex sinuous line, a postmedial series 

 of points, a medial zigzag fascia, and a more prominent submarginal grey-bordered sinuous 

 fascia ; a black streak at end of the cell : hind wing with a less distinct black-speckled cell- 

 spot, discal points, and pale-bordered submarginal fascia. These markings on both wings are 

 bordered by a pale ochreous shade, which is most distinct across the disk. Female darker, 

 more thickly and blacker scaled, the transverse markings, though blacker, are more diffused. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Eab. Sind Valley, Kaschmir ; Chamba. In coll. Dr. Staudinger and F. Moore. 



