species of Indian Lepidoptera. 373 



Apona Shevaroyensis, n. s. 



^. Dull greyish purplish-brown. Fore wing with four or five 

 very indistinct darker-coloured transverse discal sinuous lines, the 

 outer one followed by a straight oblique pale-bordered prominent 

 line, beyond which the submarginal zigzag-bordered area is darker 

 and of a glaucescent-grey colour ; a small dark spot at end of the 

 cell. Hind wing with very indistinct discal sinuous lines and a 

 more distinct outer discal pale-bordered lunular line, beyond which 

 is an extremely indistinct submarginal zigzag-bordered area. 

 Under side duller coloured, the discal sinuous lines somewhat 

 more distinct, the outer oblique lines on fore wing recurved and 

 less distinct, that on the hind wing more distinct. Antennae dark 

 brown, shaft white. 



$ . Somewhat browner in colom- ; marked as in male. Expanse, 

 male 4i\ in., female 4f in. 



Hah. Sbevaroy Hills, Madras (Dr. Shortt). In coll. 

 F. Moore. 



Allied to A.plumosa (Moore, P. Z. S., 1872, p. 579). 

 Differs in its much larger size and obliquity of mark- 

 ings. 



Nisaga modesta, n. s. 



^ . Upper side pale glossy brownish-ochreous ; cilia darker 

 coloured. Body and legs dark ochreous-brown. Expanse, 1^ in. 



Hah. N. India. In coll. British Museum. 



Differs from N. simplex in the uniform colour of the 

 upper side, and in the absence of the prominent dark 

 brown-speckled longitudinal streaks between the veins. 



Syrastrena, n. g. 

 Wings small. Fore wing elongated, narrow, triangular ; cell 

 long, extending to one-third the wing ; first subcostal emitted at 

 one-half before end of the cell, second from close to the end, trifid, 

 the fourth from below third near its base, and fifth from below 

 fourth near its base ; disco-cellular verj'^ slender, inwardly oblique, 

 recurved ; two upper medians from end of the cell, second at one- 

 fourth, and first or lower at three-fourths before the end ; sub- 

 mLcdian shghtly recurved, with a very slender short basal lower 

 branch. Hind wing with the costal vein arched at the base, and 

 with a precostal curved spur ; subcostal two-branched, first branch 

 emitted at one-half before end of the cell and slightly joined to 

 costal ; cell triangular, lower end longest ; disco-cellular slender. 



