species of Eastern ffeterocera. 105 



Leech's type came from (Jiiang Yang, Central Cliina. I 

 have six from the Khasia llillsj and tliere is an example in 

 the B. M. marked *' India" from Dr. F. Moore^s collection; 

 they are absolutely identical with the Chinese examples. 



Family Sterrhidae. 

 Chrysocraspeda fulvlplaga, nov. 



(J ? . Orange-pink, tinged with purple : fore wings with a 

 prominent black spot at the end of the cell ; an antemedial, 

 transverse, yellow line, angled slightly outwards in the cell; 

 a discal similar line, angled outwards at the middle, its lower 

 half obscured in the male by a large patch of purplish suffu- 

 sion, which extends on the lower half of the wing from the 

 inner line to the outer margin : hind wings with a yellow 

 SLibbasal line, much angled outwards at its middle ; a very 

 large triangular yellow patch, occupying nearly the whole of 

 the disk ; a discal yellow line like that on the fore wings, the 

 upper portion of it being only visible, the lower portion being 

 merged in the discal yellow patch ; cilia of both wings bright 

 yellow. Underside : fore wings pink-red, with the outer and 

 hinder margins yellow : hind wing with the inner half pink- 

 red, the outer half yellow; frons white; antennae, body, and 

 legs pink-red ; abdomen with the tips and the whole of the 

 underside whitish. 



Expanse of wings, S nJ; ? Ijo inch. 



Khasia Hills. 



Belongs to Hampson's Section I. B, and is allied to ioJe, 

 Swinhoe ; the hind wings resemble those of dilucida, 

 Warren, but that form has no transverse lines. 



Chrysocraspeda conspicuaria , nov. 



^ ? . Pale pink, irrorated in parts with brown atoms ; costa 

 of fore wings brownish ; a large black spot at the end of the 

 cell, three or four black points in a row outside the cell : hind 

 wings with a pure white elongated spot at the end of the cell; 

 a discal row of black points ; outer margin of both wings 

 with a conspicuous brown band and bright yellow cilia. 

 Underside of a uniform dark red-pink; cell-spots as above, 

 but less distinct ; costa of fore wings blackish brown ; no 

 outer marginal band to either wing; cilia yellow; frons 

 white ; antennae and body above pink-brown ; body below 

 and legs whitish. 



Expanse of wings -j% inch. 



Kiiasia Hills. 

 Ann. (& }fag. N. Hist. Ser. 7. Vol. xv. 12 



