Eastern and A ustralian Moths. 307 



abdomen and in the absence of the black streak along the 

 median vein of fore wings, and the black streaking of all 

 the veins outside the outer transverse line. 



Loslia adah'a, nov. 



£ ? . Shaft of antennae pale pink, branches dark grey ; 

 male with the head, thorax, and fore wings dark red-brown, 

 in the female paler and more red ; a black lunule at the 

 upper end of cell, a pale streak through the lower half of 

 cell; the median vein and its veinlets lined with black, and a 

 black streak opposite the lunule : abdomen and hind wings 

 red-grey, paler and more red in the female ; without markings 

 in both sexes. Underside paler ; both wings uniformly 

 coloured ; fore wings with all but the borders suffused with 

 brown. 



Expanse of wings, S ljo> ? ^^ i ncn es. 



Jaintia Hills. One male and six females. 



The male somewhat like L. atestacea, Hmpsn., but 

 differently marked ; the female of L. atestacea is, however, 

 of a uniform pale yellowish white, with internervular grey 

 streaks. 



Family Epiplernidae. 

 Epijjlema hohistaria, nov. 



<$ . Hind wings with slight tails at veins 4 and 7, with 

 lesser productions on all the other veins ; long stiff hairs on 

 the basal half of costa beneath. Upperside dark greyish 

 purple ; abdomen with a broad purple band near the base : 

 fore wings with a purple line edged with ochreous on both 

 sides, from costa one sixth from apex to hinder angle, the 

 upper half curved to an angle near the outer margin at the 

 middle, then sharply bent inwards, then again straight to the 

 hinder angle : hind wings with a somewhat similar line, but 

 farther away from the outer margin, marked with black on 

 the inside and with some black streaks on the outside; there 

 are also several black patches inside the wing somewhat in 

 the shape of an antemedial band; both wings with black 

 marginal lunules and ochreous cilia. Underside nearly 

 white, suffused in places with purple. 



Expanse of wings 1 inch. 



Port Blair, Andamans. Two examples. 



