ID^A.— CRASPEDIA. 109 



Idsea lacernigera. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 15.) 



Primaries silvery \vhite, faintly liutfd with tawny ; basal si.xtli dark grey, irroratcd and 

 bordered with blac-k ; three nearly equidistant grey costal spots, l)lark u])on the costal margin, 

 the third almost black throughout, the second forming the commencement of a slightly 

 irregular central brovrnish baud, and the third of a similar discal baud which is only separated 

 from a broad brownish external border by an interrupted series of white spots ; fringe with 

 ochrcous basal half, a central black line and white tips ; black discocellular spots : secondaries 

 silvery white, the external third grey ; fringe paler than in the primaries ; black discocellular 

 spots : thorax dark grey, irroratcd with black ; face and a patch at the base of each antenna 

 white; palpi and anteunai whitish, black -speckled. Under surface silvery white : primaries 

 with indications of the upper surface markings ; three white spots of the submarginid scries 

 towards apex bounded on both sides by black dots : secondaries with similar spots ; two 

 abbreviated series of blackish spots from abdominal margin beyond the middle : body below 

 smoky grey with plumbaginous anal claspers. E.xpanse of wings 10 millim. 



Dharmsala. 



Idaea insuavis. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 16.) 



? . Sericeous wliity brown, irroratcd with greyish. The primaries crossed by three 

 pale stripes only visible in certain lights, the first from cell to inner margin across basal 

 third ; the second from costal vein to inner margin beyond the middle, augulated on the 

 second median interspace ; the third submarginal, unequally trisinuated, the shortest sinua- 

 tion at the posterior extremity ; a slender imperfect dark grey marginal line ; fringe pale at 

 the base and between the veins : secondaries without the innermost stripe, but otherwise 

 similar to the primaries : head, excepting the vertex, red-brown; collar crossed by a brown 

 stripe. Under surface silvery greyish white ; costal borders of wings and legs slightly tinted 

 with golden buft': primaries showing indications of the stripes of the upper surface. Expanse 

 of wings 22 millim. 

 Dharmsala. 



One specimen of this very distinct but obscurely marked species stood in Mr. Hocking's 

 collection with the series of /. holosericeata. 



CRASPEDIA, Hubn. 



Craspedia insolata. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 17.) 



Closely allied to C. paludata of Europe : much smaller; wings more glossy white; the 

 external area wider, with more angular inner edge, and enclosing a black patch near external 

 angle ; a second smaller black subapical spot : secondaries with a wavy dark brown line 



