178 Col. C. Swinhoe on new 



? . Fore wing with the whitish spots and stripes as in 

 C. venaria, Fabricius, from Sikkini and Assam, Imt all much 

 narrower : hind wing much as in G. nigrescens, Moore, from 

 the Andamans, the marginal black band somewhat broader 

 and continued to the anal angle. 



Expanse of wings, <$ lfo t ? 2 T 5 -2y 7 u inches. 



Hub. Tenasserim, Burma ; types in B. M. There are 

 two females from Meymyo in my collection. 



Lasiocampidae. 



Ticerra casta nea. 

 Ticerra cast a nea, Swinhoe, Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. i. p. 269 (1892). J . 



$ . Upperside very similar to that of Taragama intensa, 

 Moore : fore wing with the white, cliscal, thin band more 

 sinuous, the white spot in the middle of the costa obsolete: 

 hind wing with the costa broadly white, the base suffused 

 with pale brownish red, becoming dark brown at the imme- 

 diate base; the central white band broad and the marginal 

 brownish-red band narrow and diffuse inwards. Underside 

 very pale, almost whitish, the veins white ; the upperside 

 markings showing through the wings. 



Expanse of wings 3 inches. 



Hob. Philippines. 



Type in B. M. 



Odonestis urda, nov. 



cJ . Allied to 0. plagifera, Walker ; smaller, about half 

 the size, much paler in colour, and with an ochreous-red tint, 

 the markings somewhat similar, but the large brown patch 

 in the upper disc of the fore wing less than half the size ; no 

 brown suffusion beyond it, the upper outer part of the wing 

 having only a slightly darker shade of colour than the rest 

 of the wing, and the black spot on the hinder margin near 

 the angle is absent ; hind wings, underside of both wings, 

 antennae, head, and body pale ochreous red without any 

 markings. 



Expanse of wings 2 T % inches. 



Hub. Khasia Hills. 



Odonestis malayiea, nov. 



<£ . Belongs to the plagifera group, but very much smaller ; 

 the discal dark patch on the fore wing, narrow and club-shaped, 



