SjMCt'cs of Eastern Lepidoptera. 11 



Genus Baniana, Walker. 

 Baniana rigida, sp. n. 



^ . Palpi brown ; body and wings ochreous grej. Fore wings 

 with three black bands, divided by the veins and margined 

 with white ; the first subbasal, inclining outwards from the 

 hinder angle to the subcostal vein ; the second postmedial, 

 erect, and ending on the subcostal ; the third subapical, con- 

 sisting of two large spots connected by a small one and with 

 an adjacent line of three spots on the inner side ; marginal 

 lunules black ; cilia ochreous, with brown marks opposite the 

 veins. Hind wings pale ochreous brown, with a pale discal 

 band, black marginal lunules, and ochreous-grey cilia. 



Expanse of wings 1^ inch. 



Gilolo. One example. 



Allied to B. poh/spila, Walker ; the central erect and com- 

 plete band very distinctive, in polyspila it is distorted and 

 altogether different. 



Genus Plusia, Ochs. 



Plusia ceneofusa, sp. n. 

 Plusia mneofusa, Swinh. MS. ; Hampson, t. c. p. 576. 



c?. Head, collar, and front of thorax orange-yellow, re- 

 mainder of body brown ; anal tuft with some pale hairs. Fore 

 wings bronzy brown, with the lower half and an angular 

 patch on outer margin bright glistening brassy golden ; three 

 transverse straight brown lines — antemedial, postmedial, and 

 discal, the two latter rather close together ; a submarginal 

 sinuous brown indistinct line. Hind wings brown ; cilia 

 brown, with a pale basal line and pale tips. 



Expanse of wings 1^ inch. 



Darjiling, one example ; Cherra Punji, four examples. 



Genus POLYCHKISIA, Hubn. 



PoJychrisia o-assipalpus, sp. n. 

 Plusia crassipalpus, Swinli. MS. ; Ilampson, I. c. 

 (^ . Palpi long and stout, third joint half as long as the 

 second, thinly clothed with hair to the tip ; palpi, head, thorax, 

 and fore wings rich chocolate-brown ; a black basal streak in 

 the middle, another on hinder margin • antemedial, post- 

 medial, and discal pink double bands nearly erect ; a black 

 longitudinal shade running through the lines below the median 

 vein, and on this shade between the first and second lines is a 



