92 Colonel C. Swinhoe on new 



Dertxda aclra. nov. 



S . Upperside : head, thorax, and {'ore wing' dark olive- 

 brown ; traces of antemedial, medial, and postmedial out- 

 wardly curved, somewhat sinuous brown lines ; a submarginal 

 straight white line inwardly edged with dark brown from the 

 costa near the apex to the hinder margin close to the angle: 

 hind wing brownish grey, a faint brown lunule at the end of 

 the cell ; traces of a medial outwardly curved brownish line; 

 a white submarginal line from close to the hinder angle, 

 angled outwards, then crenulate upwards, and becomes obsolete 

 before reaching the costa. Underside grey : fore wing with 

 some brownish suffusion on the upper part, whitish along the 

 hinder marginal space ; a postmedial, outwardly curved, 

 crenulate brown line ; a straight brownish submarginal line ; 

 the outer portion of the wing whitish : hind wing white, 

 thickly irroiated with brown atoms ; a brown lunule at the 

 end of the cell ; two outwardly curved crenulate brown lines, 

 outwardly edged with white, corresponding to the two lines 

 on the fore wing. 



Expanse of wings, $ , 1 inch. 



Hub. Jaintia Hills, Assam. 



Genus WiLKARA, nov. 



<^ . Antennae simple; palpi upturned, very long, second 

 joint very long, rising much above the head, densely hairy, 

 third joint concealed by the hairs ; hind legs with the tibia? 

 densely hairy, the tufts of hairs extending, reaching halfway 

 down the naked tarsi ; thorax crested ; abdomen smooth : 

 fore wing narrow, costa nearly straight, apex somewhat 

 rounded, outer margin convex, hinder anglesomewhat rounder, 

 hinder margin slightly convex : hind wing with the costa 

 straight, apex and hinder angle rounded, outer margin nearly 

 straight : fore wing with vein 2 from the middle of the cell, 

 3, 4, and 5 from the lower angle, 6 and 7 from upper angle ; 

 a long brush of stiff straight hairs from the subcostal vein 

 crossing the upper end of the cell, with some shorter similar 

 hairs beyond it : hind wing with vein 2 from before the 

 middle of cell, 3, 4, and 5 from the lower end, 6 and 7 from 

 upper end, 8 free. 



Type, W. nigerrima, nov. 



