On new and little-known Eastern Moths. 75 



XV. — JSieio and little-knoivn Eastern Moths. 

 By Colonel C. SwiNHOE, M.A., F.L.S., &c. 



Family Eupterotidae. 



Apona khasiana, nov, 



(^ ? . Of a uniform pale oclireous -brown colour, darker and 

 more oclireous than in A. pallida, Walker, from Sikkim, but 

 about the same size; the plumes of the antennas about half 

 the length and brown in colour; the transverse lines and 

 bands similarly placed, the medial and discal lines single, the 

 latter curving inwards in its middle; a black dot at the end 

 of the cell of fore wings ; the underside of botli wings with 

 some large red-brown patches towards the outer margin. 



Expanse of wings, j' ^f^, ? 4^^^ inches. 



Khasia Hills. 



This is probably the insect referred to by Mr. Elwes as 

 Apona cashmi'rensis^ Kollar, expanse 120 mm., from the 

 Khasis, in Journ. Bo. N. H. Soc. xi. p. 250 (1897) ; but 

 cashmirensis is a small insect differing from both pallida and 

 khasiana in the shape of its bands. I have it from ISolon^ 

 taken by Bayne Reed. 



Family Arctiidae. 



Diacrisia procedra^ nov. 



c^ . Above and below of a uniform pale ochreou^^-bufT 

 colour ; antennse and palpi black, frons with black sides ; 

 fore wings with two black costal spots, one before and the 

 other beyond tiie middle ; a black spot at the upper end of 

 the cell, another close to hinder margin below tiie first spot, 

 a spot at the base, the discal band of spots below showing 

 through the wing with two spots on it on the hinder margin 

 above, and two dots on veins 2 and 3 : hind wings with a 

 large spot at the end of the cell and a discal band composed 

 of two very large black sjjots joined together, each divided by 

 veins 1 and 2, and a small spot divided by vein 5; cilia 

 concolorous, without markings ; abdomen pinkish, dorsal and 

 lateral rows of small black spots. Underside marked as 

 above, excej^t for a larger bhick spot at the end of the cell of 

 lore wings, and the discal band clear and prominent, com- 

 posed of three large spots divided by the veins and connected 

 with each other by small black dots; jjectus bright ochreous, 

 with black hairs ; legs with black stripes. 



