species of Indian Lepidoptera. 371 



Murlida lineosa. 



Lasiocampa lineosa, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M., 

 vi., p. 1440 (1855), 2 . 



Murlida lineosa, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E. I. C, ii., 

 p. 422 (1857—9), ? . 



(? . Upper side pale yellow. Fore wing with a very indistinct 

 subbasal transverse sinuous slender blackish line, three similar 

 discal Unes, followed by a contiguous straight line, beyond which 

 is a zigzag submarginal line with intervening spots, all the spots 

 being small except the penultimate upper and lower one. Hind 

 wing with three medial transverse sinuous similar Imes, the outer 

 line extremely indistinct, followed by an outer discal straight but 

 more prominent Hne, beyond which is a very indistinct zigzag hne. 

 Under side shghtly paler. Both wings with the markings as on 

 upper side, but much more distinct, the hind wing also having the 

 intervening spots between the outer discal line and the zigzag sub- 

 marginal line. 



? . Ochreous-yellow. Both wings on the upper side with 

 similar but somewhat less distinct markings. Under side also with 

 similar markings, except that the spots on submargin of hind wing 

 are absent. Expanse, male 3 in., female 3| in. 



Hah. Nepal. In coll. British Museum. 



Murlida fraterna, n. s. 



^ . Upper side darker yellow than in M. lineosa. Fore wing 

 with five equidistant transverse blackish lines, a prominent con- 

 tiguous discal Ime, a slender zigzag submarginal hne, and prominent 

 intervening black spots, the transverse lines being broader than in 

 M. lineosa, and the outer hne is broken at upper end into short 

 longitudinal streaks. Hind wing with two extremely indistinct 

 medial discal hues, a prominent outer discal straight line, slender 

 indistinct submarginal with traces of intervening spots. Under 

 side marked as above, the inner lines indistinct. 



? . Darker yellow than in male ; markings similar but less 

 distinct. Expanse, male 2f in., female 3^ in. 



Hab. Darjiling. In coll. F. Moore. 



Brachytera primularis, n. s. 



(J . Upper side pale creamy-yellow. Fore wing with a slender 



indistinct ochreous-brown subbasal waved band, a more distinct 



straight oblique outer discal band, and less distinct submarginal 



zigzag line with two basal and a slight apical intervening spots. 



