3G0 Col. C. Swinlioe on new 



head, thorax, and abdomen above black, streaked with crimson 

 on the sides of the collar, sides of the abdomen, and anal tuft. 

 Wings hyaline, with black veinlets ; costa of fore wings 

 black, as is also the outer third of the costa of hind wings; 

 both wings with the cilia black ; a black patch at the ends of 

 the cells ; base and chief veins crimson : hind wings with a 

 crimson patch on the inner side of the black patch, and the 

 entire abdominal area crimson : on the underside the thorax 

 is marked with white, the abdomen with wiiite bands ; fore 

 legs black, with broad pale yellow bands on the tarsi ; hind 

 legs crimson, with thin black bands at the tarsal joints; anal 

 tuft below black. 



Expanse of wings -f^ inch. 



Cherra Punji. One example of this wQ,Yy distinct species. 



Notodontidse. 

 Pydna aroides, sp, n. 



^ . Pale ochreous ; fore wings irrorated with red and brown 

 atoms, thickened on the costal and hinder borders, and in a 

 streak from the apex to the centre of the wings, where there 

 is a cluster of irrorations between two transverse brown lines, 

 which are dentated and much bent outwards — one is before 

 and the other beyond the middle; the dentations on these 

 lines are marked with brown spots, and there is another 

 similarly spotted line before the margin which curves in on to 

 the hinder margin one fourth from the angle : hind wings 

 tinged with pale pink. Underside of a uniform pale dull 

 ochreous grey, without markings except on the costal borders, 

 which are irrorated with brown, and the cilia of the fore wings 

 is ochreous, with black streaks opposite the veins. 



Expanse of wings IfV inch. 



Cherra Punji. Two examples. 



Antennse pectinated to the tips, as in the P. testacea group. 



Pydna essa, sp. n. 



^ $ . Pale ochraceous, the female with the fore wings 

 darker ochraceous than the male : fore wings with many 

 transverse bands of small ochreous-brown spots, curving 

 inwards on to the hinder margin, and with some ochreous- 

 brown suffusions beyond the end of the cell, at the apex, and 

 on the hinder marginal area, also a black spot in each inter- 

 space close to the outer margin : hind wings suffused with 

 brown except on the costal area and cilia. Underside uniform, 



