146 Col. (J. Swinhoe on new 



Genus Paliga, Moore. 

 11. Paliga fuscicostalis } sp. n. 



£ . Palpi reddish ochreous, white beneath ; antenna?, head, 

 body, and wings ochreous grey, but darker and more ochreous 

 tlian in either P. damastesalis, Walk., or P. suavalis, Walk. 

 Hind wings with the costal portion whitish : fore wings 

 with ihe costal border brownish and with a similarly coloured 

 broad marginal band, with an irregular inner limitation, and 

 which does not reach the apex ; inner and outer transverse 

 lines indistinct, the former hardly visible, the latter sinuated, 

 bent outwardly above, then much bent inwards to the in- 

 distinct lunule at the end of the cell, then sinuous to the 

 hinder margin beyond the middle ; hind wings with a similar 

 recurved discal line, very indistinct. Underside : wings, 

 body, and legs whitish, with the brownish border of the upper- 

 side and the discal line visible. 



Expanse of wings y$ inch. 



Shillong. Two examples. 



Genus PiiOTONOCERAS, Warren. 



12. Protonoceras hum Ms, sp. n. 



J . Palpi brown, white beneath ; head, body, and wings 

 grey-brown ; abdomen with pale segmental lines. Wings not 

 uniform in colour, being irrorated with brown and black 

 atoms, which are thick in parts; lines black: fore wings 

 with interior line curved outwardly, invisible in most 

 examples ; exterior line from costa at one fifth from apex, 

 curves a little outwardly from the costa, then incurved 

 slightly, then outwardly in the middle (but only slightly), 

 where it is formed of small lunules, again bent inwards and 

 then to the hinder margin at two thirds : hind wings with a 

 recurved discal line, with black suffusion in the middle in 

 some specimens ; both wings with a marginal lunular black 

 line, grey cilia, interlined with brown and with brown tips. 

 Underside whitish: fore wings with a brown spot in the cell, 

 two at the end ; hind wings with a spot at the end of the cell 

 and the outer and marginal lines of both wings brown ; fore 

 legs brown. 



Expanse of wings y 7 ff inch. 



Cherra Punji. Many examples. 



13. Protonoceras nictitans, sp. n. 



£ . Palpi brown, white beneath and at the tips, top of head 

 pure white ; body and wings purplish grey, somewhat as in 

 P. tropicalis, Walker, but paler and glossed. Wings with the 

 spots and lines brown : fore wings with a spot within the cell 

 and another at the end, rather close together, and with a square 

 white space between them ; no interior line visible; exterior 



