260 Col. C. Swinhoe on new 



Crymodes herchatra^ sp. n. 



(J . Palpi ochreous on the inner sides, covered with dark 

 brown hairs outwardly ; thorax and fore wings dark olive- 

 brown, fore wings with an ochreous mark at the base and an 

 ochreous patch below it ; orbicular small, ringed with 

 ochreous, reniform larger, nearly square, with bright ochreous 

 sides ; veins whitish, antemedial and postmedial lines 

 whitish, the former upright, sinuous, and indistinct, the latter 

 curving outwardly and slightly dentated, followed by a paler 

 space on which are submarginal black spots, each spot con- 

 taining an ochreous lunule ; cilia brown and ochreous, Avith 

 ochreous spots at the ends of the veins. Hind wings ochreous 

 grey, with indications of a medial line and ochreous cilia. 

 Underside : fore wings brown ; hind wings ochreous grey, with 

 a brown cell-spot and medial sinuous line, beyond which the 

 wing is more or less suffused with brown ; cilia of both wings 

 ochreous, with brown patches. 



Expanse of wings ly% inch. 



Sikkim [Mowis). Two examples. 



Genus EuPLEXiA, Steph. 



Eiijjlexia icamho.j sp. n. 



^ . Head and collar grey ; palpi and thorax black, thorax 

 Avith white stripes on each side and in the centre. Fore wings 

 black, with broad pale olive-grey bands and patches ; first 

 basal and second antemedial with the outer margin elbowed 

 outwardly in its middle, followed by a large elongated spot 

 which bends obliquely down from the elbow ; above this is a 

 square orbicular with grey sides, a very large reniform (also 

 with grey sides), and a marginal band including some black 

 dentations below the middle and a small black patch on the 

 margin just above the middle ; cilia black, with white points 

 at the extremities of the veins. Hind wings pale blackish 

 grey, darker on the margin ; cilia whitish, with some 

 blackish patches. Underside grey, sufi'used with brown ; 

 fore wings with greyish-yellow outer marginal border; cilia 

 of both wings black, with white spots ; body and legs black, 

 the latter with white bands. 



Expanse of wings l^^o inch. 



Sikkim {Mowis). Three examples. 



A pretty insect, quite distinct from any other Indian 

 species of this genus. 



