88 ARCTIID.E. 



J 377. Teulisna uniplaga, n. sp. 



. Prons black. Head, collar, and tegulae yellowish white ; 

 thorax black ; abdomen fuscous, with the extremity ochreous. 

 Tore wing whitish, suffused w r ith fuscous ; a blackish speck above 

 inner margin near the base ; a large quadrate black medial patch 

 from upper part of cell to inner margin, its angle towards the 

 apex excised ; a postmedial black speck on the costa. Hind wing 

 uniform fuscous. 



Hob. Margharita, Assam ; E. Pegu ; Tenasserim Valley (Doherty). 

 Exp. 25 milliin. Type in coll. Druce. 



Genus NISHADA. 

 Nishada, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 23. 



Type, N.flabrifera, Moore. 



Range. Calcutta; Ceylon; Burma; Sumatra; Borneo. 



Palpi short and porrect, the second joint fringed with long 

 hair. Antennae of male with cilia and bristles, the upper surface 

 covered with rough scales. Pore wing broad ; the costa much 

 arched ; a large smooth patch on the inner area of underside for 

 the articulation of the hind wing ; vein 5 absent ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 

 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing of male with a costal fold, 

 from which projects a fringe of large scales ; vein 4 absent ; female 

 with veins 3, 4 and 6, 7 stalked ; 5 absent ; 8 from middle of cell. 



SECT. I. Male with the basal half of antenna not thickened. Pore 

 wing with veins 3 and 4 from cell ; 6 from below the angle ; 

 10 absent. Hind wing with vein 6 absent. 



1378. Nishada flabrifera, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 23 ; C. $ S. n. 609. 



J . Head smoky black ; thorax yellowish brown ; abdomen 

 ochreous, the second segment almost bare of scales and showing 

 the dark cuticle. Pore wing uniform yellowish brown. Hind 

 wing ochreous. 



Hob. Calcutta ; Ceylon. Exp. 30 millirn. 



SECT. II. Male with the basal half of antennaB thickened. Pore 

 wing with veins 3 and 4 stalked ; 6 from angle of cell ; 10 

 present. Hind wing with veins 6 and 7 stalked, or 6 absent. 



1379. Nishada rotundipennis, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc. vi, p. 104. 

 Lithosia nodicornia, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc. vi, p. 104. 

 Lithosia chilomorpha, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xx, p. 67, pi. 5, fig. 1. 



c? . Differs from flabrifera in the vertex of head being yellow- 

 brown. Underside of fore wing with a black band along the 

 apical half of outer margin. 



