620 Col. C. Swiuhoc on 



Family Arctiidse. 



Diacrisia aurapsa, nov. 



$. Antennpe ochreous; palpi, head, thorax, and fore 

 wings dark brown with a pinkish-ochreous tinge ; abdomen 

 dull crimson above, with short segmental dorsal bands, 

 leaving a broad crimson band on each side. Body below and 

 legs dark brown without markings : fore wings with very 

 indistinct traces of markings, a brown spot at upper end of 

 cell, and two lines or thin bands across the disk, arising 

 rather close together on the hinder margin beyond the 

 middle, separating upwards, the outer line apparently reaching 

 the apex : hind wings paler brown without markings. 



Expanse of wings 1^^ inch. 



Saparua Island ; one example. 



Allied to 1). landaka, Moore, from Java. 



Family DrepanulidsB. 

 Tridrepana adelpha, nov. 



(J . Of a uniform pale ochreous colour ; shafts of the 

 antenme, costal line of fore wings, and cilia of both wings 

 dark pinkish brown ; a pale purplish spot in the cell of fore 

 wings and another at the end ; both wings with traces of 

 antemedial and postmedial recurved lunular lines ; a large 

 pale purplish patch in the centre of each wing, each con- 

 taining three brown spots : fore wings with a narrow brown 

 mark below the apex, limited by a brow^n submarginal line 

 which runs near the margin from the middle of the wing to 

 the apex. Underside much paler, the patches on the wings 

 showing through ; no other markings. 



Expanse of wings 1 ^^^ inch. 



Khasia Hills ; many examples. 



Allied to T. sadana, Moore, from Sikhim, and generally 

 mixed up with that species, but no one with a series of each 

 before him could possibly put them together. 



Family Acontiidae. 

 Erustria crotopha, nov. 



^ ? . Palpi, head, and thorax olive-brown, a white sjjot 

 on the frons, some white dots on the thorax; abdomen and 

 the tufts dark brown, some whitish at the sides, the first two 

 segments and anal tuft also whitish : fore wings olive- 

 ochreous, irrorated with olive-brown, bands and markings 



