4 LIMACODID^. 



This species is evidently allied to S. vulpina of Moore, but differs entirely in the colora- 

 tion of the secondaries ; the female is somewhat like S. venosa, but differs in its superior size, 

 the redder coloration of the primaries and thorax, and the more restricted dark external area 

 of the secondaries. 



PHOCODERMA, gen. nov. 



Aspect of Neomiresa (N. nesea) , form of Parasa. Primaries broad, with nearly straight 

 costa, rounded apex, oblique slightly convex outer margin, passing gradually into the inner 

 margin, which is incurved towards the base ; thickly scaled, the discoidal ai - ea below clothed 

 with thick woolly hair; costal vein running to three fourths of costal margin; subcostal five- 

 branched, the first and second branches emitted before the end of the cell, the third and 

 fourth forking to apex at about one third the distance between the cell and outer margin, the 

 fifth emitted from below the vein and just beyond the cell ; discoeellulars irregularly inangled ; 

 upper radial emitted from about the middle of the discoeellulars, lower radial emitted close to 

 the third median branch; remaining veins as usual: secondaries subpyriform ; costal vein 

 not reaching the apex, forked near its extremity; subcostal with two branches, perfectly 

 normal ; discoeellulars very acutely inangled ; radial emitting a recurrent vein which almost 

 divides the cell into two unequal parts, the radial and median branches almost equidistant, 

 submedian and internal veins normal. Body very robust and covered with dense coarse 

 hair: palpi rather large, long, compressed, with the terminal joint short; antenna; of male 

 rather broadly bipectinated to beyond the middle, after which the pectinations are gradually 

 replaced by serrations : legs very robust ; the posterior tibiae clothed with dense long hair, 

 unequally quadrispinose : in the females all the legs are thickly clothed with hair to the end 

 of the tarsi. 



Phocodenna velutina. (Plate CII. fig. 1.) 



J. Gastropacha velutina, Kollar in HugeTs Kashmir, p. 473. n. 3. 

 cf. Natada rugosa, Walker, Cat. Lip. Eet. v. p. 1109. n. 2 (1855). 



$ . Shining purplish brown, the basicostal half dark, its outer edge slightly undulated, 

 very oblique, inarched towards the apex, and followed by a submarginal arched line of the 

 same colour; the intermediate area enclosing two large dark nebulous patches; external 

 border greyish ; fringe dark brown : secondaries sericeous rufous-brown with darker Eringe : 

 body dark sericeous purplish brown. Under surface shining vinous-brown; anterior tibiae 

 with two silver hands. Expanse of wings 71 niillim. 



cj, Sind?; J , Darjiling (IAdderdale) . 



The locality of Walker's type is doubtless incorrect, the species being well known as a 

 N.E. -Himalayan form: it was said to have been collected by -Mr. Warwick, most of whose 

 Lepidoptera are entered in the register as from " Assam"; this is therefore, in all probability, 

 the true locality for the type of " Natada rugosa." 



