8 mr. f. moore on the lithosiidjE. [Jan. 15, 



Macrobrochis leucospilota, n. sp. 



Male and female. Differs from M. gigas (Lithosia gigas, Walk. 

 Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. ii. p. 494) in the fore wing having more 

 elongated white spots, and in the hind wing having the marginal 

 band much narrower and traversed by a series of elongated spots on 

 both upper and underside. 



Expanse 2| inches. 



Cherra Puuji, Assam. In coll. India Museum, and F. Moore. 



Macrobrochis nigrescens, n. sp. 



Male. Allied to M. gigas. Differs in the spots on the fore wing 

 being much less distinct ; the basal and discal spots partly covered 

 with black scales and totally obsolete on the underside ; on the hind 

 wing the base is only slightly dusky-white on both sides. 



Expanse 2| inch. 



N.E. Bengal. In coll. F. Moore. 



Tripura, Moore. 



Tripura, Moore, Catal. Lep. E.I. C. ii. p. 298 (1858). 



Fore wing — first subcostal branch free ; second from before end of 

 the cell, trifurcate ; fifth from end of the cell, bent upward and 

 touching third near its base ; radial from end of the cell ; disco- 

 cellulars bent in the middle ; median vein four-branched, two upper 

 from angles at end of the cell, third from angle before its end. Hind 

 wing — two subcostal branches beyond cell, three upper median 

 branches at its end. 



Type, T.prasena, Moore, I. c. p. 299, pi. vii. a. fig. 6 (1858). 



Himalayas. 



t Paraona, n. g. 



Fore wing long, narrow, costa slightly arched, apex acute, exterior 

 margin oblique, posterior margin slightly convex towards the base ; 

 subcostal vein five-branched ; first branch oblique, free; second arising 

 before end of the cell ; third starting from above base of second, tri- 

 furcate towards its end ; radial from end of the cell, curved upward 

 and joined to third subcostal branch, at one fourth its length beyond 

 the cell ; discocellulars slightly bent in the middle ; median four- 

 branched, two upper at end and third before end of the cell. Hind 

 wing long, somewhat narrow, apex slightly produced, exterior margin 

 and angle convex ; two subcostal branches one third beyond the 

 cell ; median four-branched, two upper beyond and third from end 

 of the cell. Body stout. Antennae in the male senate, the teeth 

 finely pectinate, setose in the female. Palpi small, ascending, pilose 

 beneath, apical joint very minute. Legs stout, short ; femora slightly 

 pilose beneath ; tibiae thickened, middle and hind tibiae spurred. 



Paraona splendens. (Plate I. fig. 1.) 



Crambomorpha splendens, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1877, 

 p. 357. 



Bombay (Dr. Leilh). In coll. British Museum, and F. Moore. 



