274 LAEENTIID^. 



Genus SCOTOSIA, Slej>h. 



SCOTOSIA EXPANSA, n. sp. 



Allied to S. venrmnculata. Male and female larger, cinereous ochreous-brown : fore 

 wing crossed by a similarly disposed subbasal, antemedial, and a discal sinuous blackish 

 band, composed of duplex contiguous lines, which are dilated and clouded with dark brown 

 anteriorly ; interspace between the bands and also the outer border traversed by less distinct 

 similar lines, the outer being mostly defined by brown vein-points, followed by a sub- 

 marginal pale-bordered sinuous fascia: hind wing paler, crossed by very indistinct pale 

 brown wavy lines, which are mostly defined by vein-points, and a more distinct brownish- 

 speckled submarginal fascia ; marginal dentated line brown. Bands on palpi, and fore legs, 

 dark brown. 



Expanse 2 to 2^ inches. 



Hah. Darjiling {Atkinson), Himalaya [B. Powell). In coll. Dr. Staudinger and 

 F. Moore. 



ScOTOSIA NUBILATA, U. sp. 



Reddish-brown. Fore wing with a very broad subbasal and an exterior marginal dark 

 brown, wavy-bordered band ; the former traversed by parallel wavy chalybeous-white 

 lines and the latter inwardly-bordered by broader and more distinct chalybeous-white 

 speckled lines and outer pale brown lines ; the basal and medial area also traversed by 

 brown wavy lines: hind wing reddish-brown, the apical border and adjoining cilia being 

 yellow ; marginal line black. Body, palpi, and legs reddish-brown. 



Expanse \-^^^ inch. 



Hab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Allied to 8. miniosata. 



ScOTOSIA SORDIDATA, 11. sp. 



Male and female. Ochreous-brown : fore wing crossed by a basal and a broad medial 

 darker brown sinuous-bordered band, both of which are edged by a parallel whitish line ; 

 the bands and the subbasal and discal area traversed by parallel black lines, and the outer 

 border by a clouded fascia traversed by a submarginal sinuous whitish-pointed line ; cell- 

 streak and marginal lunular line black : hind wing with a medial, discal, and outer blackish 

 line, the discal line edged by a white line ; submarginal sinuous white points, and a black 

 marginal line. Palpi and bands on fore legs dark brown. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



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



Geuus ARICHANNA, Moore. 

 Arichanna albovittata, n. sp. 



Male. Fore wing brownish-pchreous, with short dark brown striga?, which mostly form 

 confluent patches between the veins from the base beyond the middle, and also at the apex ; 

 crossed by a prominent broad white discal fascia, a submarginal slender sinuous line, and a 



