Col. C. Svvinhoe on new Eastern Heterocera. 165 



Fam. Notodontidae. 

 Genus EUPLEXIDIA, nov. 



<J . Palpi curving upwards, second joint thickly scaled, 

 third oblique ; antennas with very minute cilia ; a tuft on 

 metathorax, also dorsal tufts on abdomen near the base ; 

 tibiae with some long hairs. Fore wing with the apex 

 rounded; vein 10 slightly touching 8 and 9, to form the 

 areole. Hind wing with veins 6 and 7 stalked, 8 from the 

 cell near the base, 5 very slight and from middle of disco- 

 cellular. 



Type E. noctuiformis mihi. 



2. Euplexidia noctuiformis, sp. n. 



Euplexidia noctuiformis, Swinh. MS. ; Hampson, Moths, iv., Suppl. 

 p. 461 (1896). 



$ . Antennae, head, body, and fore wings brown, with a 

 slight pinkish tinge. Fore wings irrorated with white and 

 black atoms in parts ; costa with black marks and with three 

 white dots near the apex ; two or three small black dots near 

 the base ; a rather prominent key-shaped black mark placed 

 longitudinally in the centre of the wing below the cell ; 

 orbicular and reniform marks indistinct, grey, marked with 

 black ; an indistinct sinuous grey submarginal line ; a similar 

 but more indistinct marginal line and black points in the 

 interspaces on the margin. Hind wings white, with a brown 

 marginal line and white cilia interlined with brown. 



Expanse of wings lj 6 Q inch. 



Cherra Punji. 



Fam. Larentiidae. 



3. Cryptoloba olivaria^ sp. n. 



$ . Pale olive-grey ; fore wings with minute brown 

 costal dots close to each other; a grey transverse nearly 

 straight band just before the middle, commencing at a brown 

 mark on the costa ; a similar discal band across both wings, 

 with a disjointed black line running down its inner side above 

 the middle on fore wings, the space between this band and 

 the margin with a darker shade than the rest of the wings 

 and with indications of a submarginal grey line ; a brown 

 spot on costa of fore wings before the apex. 



Expanse of wings ^ inch. 



Shillong. 



