Asiatic Lepidoptera Heterocera. 63 



the costa, the wavy discal lines broader than in any other 

 Indian species known to me, the grey nervular streaks slightly 

 more prominent than in B. Wallichii; submarginal spots 

 forming a confluent wavy belt, the black line which bounds 

 it externally very slightly interrupted; external border wider. 

 Primaries below with the entire basal area up to the stripe 

 which represents the outer margin of the central belt pale 

 sandy brown, the inner margin of the central belt feebly indi- 

 cated by a dusky curved streak ; the outer stripe bordered 

 externally by a white stripe of the same form, the black discal 

 lines very slender ; a regularly sinuated black submarginal line, 

 reminding one of B. WMtei : secondaries with the basal area 

 washed with pale sandy brownish ; a white belt just beyond 

 the basal area as in the primaries, the other characters also 

 as in the primaries : pectus and base of venter black, remainder 

 of venter testaceous, with a blackish streak along each side, 

 Expanse of wings 6 inches 11 lines. 



N.E. Bengal. Type coll. F. Moore. 



This handsome moth seems to be in some respects inter- 

 mediate between the three known Indian species ; but the pale 

 basal area of the under surface of the wings is by itself a 

 sufficient character at once to distinguish it from any of 

 them. 



Limacodidae. 



3. Scopelodes sericea, sp. n. 



Allied to S. unicolor ; wings and body of the same general 

 colour, but the primaries brilliantly sericeous and crossed by 

 three or four irregular indented lines, which (when viewed 

 obliquely) appear to be the margins of irregular reddish bands ; 

 the general colour above is sandy yellow, the wings with a 

 rust-red marginal line extending for a short distance into the 

 fringe ; fringe of secondaries brilliantly sericeous ; the palpi, 

 instead of being black and white as in S. unicolor, are reddish 

 orange ; the abdomen is sericeous ochreous, with black caudal 

 tuft : the wings below have the costal and apical areas washed 

 with blackish, upon which the veins are ochreous ; body as 

 above. Expanse of wings 2 inches 1 1 lines. 



Darjiling (Ltdderdale and Sadler). Type B. M. 



4. Parasa pastoratis, sp. n. 



$ . Primaries above with a large basal sandy -yellowish 

 patch, crossed close to the base by a zigzag red-brown line ; a 

 subbasal arched purplish-brown belt, spotted with green and 

 not quite reaching the costal or inner margins ; th,e whole 



