414 LASIOCAMPLD.E. 



side : fore wing red-brown, with a pale suffusion beyond the medial 

 and postmedial lines. Hind wing suffused with brown; three 

 indistinct waved pale bands. 



Hob. Sikhim. Exp., <$ 70, $ 86 millim. 



920. Arguda rectilinea, n. sp. 



c? . Differs from vinata in the palpi being pale ; thorax with a 

 narrow dark streak on vertex ; abdomen not suffused with ferru- 

 ginous. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines dark, in- 

 distinct, and less oblique ; the black speck at end of cell more 

 prominent; the waved submarginal line very indistinct. Hind 

 wing vinous red-brown, with an indistinct dark medial line which 

 is waved on the underside ; no pale bands below. 



Hob. Bassein, Burma. E<rp. 43 millim. Type in coll. Elwes. 



921. Arguda decurtata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 79; C. $ S. no. 1476. 



<$ . Differs from rosea in the colour being browner ; the abdomen 

 pale red-brown; the antemedial line more oblique; the medial 

 line double, the space between it and the postmedial line usually 

 darker than the ground-colour ; the postmedial line outwardly 

 edged with grey. Underside : fore wing with two indistinct post- 

 medial lines, the outer margin suffused with grey ; hind win_i; with 

 a dark waved antemedial line ; a curved grey medial band ; a 

 lunulate grey postmedial line ; outer margin suffused with grey ; 

 dark lunules on the margin. 



$. Paler. 



Hob. Sikhim. Exp., <? 52, 68 millim. 



922. Argnda albigntta, Wlk. Cat. vi, p. 1419. 



<$ . Palpi red-brown at sides, white above ; head ochreous ; 

 branches of antennae black ; thorax and abdomen bright red- 

 brown; abdominal tuft grizzled. Tore wing bright red-brown, 

 the outer area suffused with grey ; a large white spot at end of 

 cell ; curved antemedial and postmedial fine pale lines ; an irre- 

 gular submarginal series of indistinct black spots. Hind wing 

 red-brown, with a yellow tinge. 



$ . Paler ; the palpi white or dark grey above ; fore wing with 

 the white spot absent. 



Hob. Subathu, N.W. Himalayas ; Australia ; Tasmania. Erp. 

 51 millim. 



Genus SYRASTRENA. 



Syrastrena, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. ] 884, p. 373. 



Type, S. minor, Moore. 

 Range. Sikhim. 



Palpi very long and broad. Antennae with the branches 

 decreasing to apex. Mid and hind tibiae with minute terminal 



