Sj)ecies of Eastern Lcpidoplera. I 1 



Genus Baniana, Walker. 

 Baniana rxgida^ ?|). n. 



$ . Palpi brown ; body and wings ochreous grey. Fore wings 

 with throe black bands, divided by the veins and margined 

 with white ; tlie iirst subbasal, inclining outwards from the 

 liinder angle to the subcostal vein ; the second postmedial, 

 erect, and ending on the subcostal ; the third subapical, con- 

 sisting of two large spots coimected by a small one and with 

 an adjacent line of three spots on the inner side; marginal 

 lunules black ; cilia ochreous, with brown marks opposite the 

 veins. Hind wings pale ociireous brown, with a pale discal 

 band, black marginal lunules, and ochreous-grey cilia. 



Expanse of wings 1^ inch. 



Gilolo. One example. 



Allied to B. poJi/spila, Walker ; the central erect and com- 

 plete band very distinctive, in polyspila it is distorted and 

 altogether diflferent. 



Genus Plusia, Ochs. 



Plusia ceneqfusa, sp. n. 

 Plusia (sneofusa, Swinh. MS. ; Ilampson, t. c. p. 576. 



<^ . Head, collar, and front of thorax orange-yellow, re- 

 mainder of body brown ; anal tuft with some pale hairs. Fore 

 wings bronzy brown, with the lower half and an angular 

 patch on outer margin bright glistening brassy golden ; three 

 transverse straight brown lines — antemedial, postmedial, and 

 discal, the two latter rather close together ; a submarginal 

 sinuous brown indistinct line. Hind wings brown ; cilia 

 brown, with a pale basal line and pale tips. 



Exjjanse of wings 1^ inch, 



Darjiliug, one example ; Cherra Punji, four examples. 



Genus POLYCHRISIA, Hiibn. 



Polychrisia crassi'paJpus, sp, n. 



Plusia crassipalpus, Swinh. MS. ; Ilampson, /. c. 



(J. Palpi long and stout, third joint half as long as the 

 second, thinly clothed with hair to the tip ; palpi, head, thorax, 

 and fore wings rich chocolate-brown ; a black basal streak in 

 the middle, another on hinder n)argin ; antemedial, post- 

 medial, and discal |»ink double bands nearly erect ; a black 

 longitudinal shade running through the lines below the median 

 vein, and on this shade between the first and second lines is a 



