616 MR. F. MOORE ON BENGALESE LEPIDOPTERA. [May 23, 



Genus Lagyra, Walk. 

 Syii. Chizala, Walk. 



Lagyra megaspila, n. sp. 



Male silvery grey : fore wing with two brown basal transverse 

 lunular lines ; a tiiird outer oblique line i)assing through a large dark 

 brown discal spot, the spot being marked with two white transverse 

 lunules : hind wing with two medial transverse brown lunular lines, 

 and a submarginal pale dusky band, which is apparent also on the 

 fore wino- near posterior angle ; both wings with a transverse discal 

 row of brown dots. Underside paler, with the markings less appa- 

 rent. Exterior margin of fore wing produced in the middle ; hind 

 wing sinuous. 



Expanse 1} inch. 



Bengal. In Coll. A. E. Russell ; F. Moore. 



L. RiGUSARiA, Walk. Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxvi. Geom. 

 p. 1485. 



Larva feeds on the rose. — A. Grote, Esq, 



Genus Cimicodes, Guen. 



CiMICODES CASTANEARTA, U. Sp. (PI. XXXIL fig. 1.) 



Female bright chestnut-red, minutely black-speckled ; a narrow 

 white-outer-bordered black line from below the middle of abdominal 

 margin to near apex of fore wing, where it retracts to the costa one- 

 fourth from the apex : fore wing with a similar obliqne subbasal 

 white-iuner-bordered line ; a blackish discal spot. Both wings with 

 a submarginal row of black dots. Cilia edged with white. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



Darjeeling. In Coll. A. E. Kussell ; W. S. Atkinson. 



C. cosTALis, n. sp. 



Female purplish red, minutely black-fleckled : fore wing with an 

 oblique subbasal narrow blackish line ; a pale red streak beyond the 

 middle ; costal margin and two large dentate medial spots yellow : 

 hind wing with a transverse medial blackish line ; anterior margin 

 yellowish. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



Bengal. In Coll. A. E. Russell. 



C. CRUENTARIA, U. Sp. 



Female yellow ; apex of fore wing produced to a point ; a narrow 

 cinereous band from middle of abdominal margin to apex of fore 

 wing : fore wing blotched at the base, and spotted beyond with pink; 

 posterior and exterior margin and contiguous to the oblique band 

 also blotched and spotted with pink ; a small discal spot and an 

 apical streak dark red, the latter white-marked ; a marginal row of 

 brown dots : hind wing blotched and spotted with pink exteriorly, a 



