6 MR. F. MOORE ON THE LITHOSIID.E. [Jan. 15, 



paler along the veins ; a broad pale yellow band extending lon- 

 gitudinally from base below the cell and upward to near the costa, 

 being crossed by the veins ; some yellow spots on the costa ; a small 

 spot and streak at base of cell, and two outer submarginal rows of 

 small dentate spots of chrome-yellow : hind wing chrome-yellow, 

 with four transverse rows of vinous brownish black spots and a rayed 

 basal streak, the spots broadly lunate, irregular in size, the outer 

 row being marginal and the smallest. Antennae, front of head, and 

 palpi black ; thorax dark greyish brown, longitudinally streaked 

 with chrome-yellow ; abdomen chrome-yellow, with dorsal and 

 lateral row of spots. Underside same as above ; legs dark grey. 



Expanse 3-J- inches. 



Khasia hills {Atkinson). Coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Neochera, Hiibner. 

 Neochera, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 1 73. 

 Neochera heliconioides, n. sp. 



Male. Upperside — fore wing purplish cinerous ; all the veins nar- 

 rowly lined with white ; base of wing black-spotted, and with a 

 subbasal orange-yellow streak with zigzag borders : hind wing grey- 

 black, washed with purplish blue ; three grey streaks from the base 

 and a prominent submarginal grey narrow undulating band ; cilia 

 white. Body orange yellow ; a black spot on each tegula, one on 

 hind part of thorax, and a dorsal and lateral row of spots on abdomen. 

 Underside grey- black ; both wings with white external veins and 

 undulating submarginal band ; the basal area broadly white and 

 with a large blackish cell-spot ; front of head with a central black 

 spot ; palpi and legs white, streaked with black. 



Expanse 2-f inches. 



Luzon, Philippines. In Coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Similar in pattern to Hypsa heliconia. 



Subfamily Lithosiiisle. 



The genera are here arranged in the following sectional groups, 

 viz. : — 



A. Fore wing with subcostal vein ^?t>e-branched, median vein/owr- 

 branched : 



Eligma, Macrobrochis, Tripura, Paraona, Atolmis, Sidyma, Chu- 

 ringa, Vamuna, Mahavira, Korawa, Hesudra, Ghoria, Chrysceglia, 

 QZonistes, Lithosia. 



B. Fore wing with subcostal vein^we-branched, median vein three- 

 branched : 



Simctreea, Tarika, Brunia, Gandhura, Collita, Katha, Eilema, 

 Manulea, Systropha, Chrysorabdia, Capissa, Dolgoma, Mithuna, 

 Cossa, Ranghana, Tegulata. 



B a. Hind wing with a recumbent plumose lappet : 

 Nishada. 



