42 DREPANULID.E. 



primaries close to the apex ; costal margiu of primaries ochreous ; two dark brown costal 

 spots, one at the commencement of the inner line, the other at apical third; two to five 

 suhmargiiial blacivish dots ; fringe dark brown at base and outer edge : face greyish brown ; 

 antennae golden brown, the base of the shank steel-blue or black. Under surface deeper in 

 colour and more sericeous than the upper surface, unmarked. Expanse of wings 33- 

 41 millim. 



Dharmsala, in September ; taken at sugar. 



Very closely allied to D. japonica ; of a different tint and with narrower and deeper 

 yellow edging to the brown lines ; the primaries rather longer. 



Drepana simillima. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 9.) 

 Drepana simillima, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1838, p. 402. 



Closely allied to the preceding ; pale sandy buff, with paler-edged brown lines as in D. 

 lilacina : primaries with similar brown costal markings ; a minute oblique lirowu litura on 

 the upper discocellular veinlct and a brown spot at the inferior angle of the cell : costal area 

 of secondaries whitish : face golden brown ; antcnnaj golden brown, the base of the shank 

 steel-blue. Under surface pale sericeous golden brown, the primaries suffused in front with 

 greyish ; the female with a grey discal line across the wings and a small grey lunule at the 

 end of the cell of primaries. E.xpanse of wings, (j 38 millim., $ 43 millim. 



Dharmsala. 



It is possiljle that this may prove to be a variety of D. llludna ; it was, however, kept 

 separate by Mr. Hocking. 



AGNIDRA, Moore. 

 Agnidra violacea, sp. n. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 7.) 



Violaceous grey ; wings crossed by two divergent pale ochreous lines, i\\v. inner one of 

 primaries transverse, angulated on the median vein, slightly sinuous below it, starting at 

 basal fourtli of costal margin and terminating at about tlie basal third of inner margin ; 

 outer line obHque, elbowed towards costa, crossing the disc; the lines on the secondaries are 

 nearly straight, the inner one at basal third, the outer one just beyond the middle of the 

 wing ; costal margin of ])i'imaries ochreous ; head and antcnnic brown. Wings below greyer 

 and more sericeous than above, tlic lines wanting; fringes brownisli, tijjped with testaceous; 

 anterior coxie whitish. Expanse of wings 39 millim. 



Dharmsahi. 



Somewhat like the Gcometrid genus Norcia. 



