1878.] MR. F. MOORE ON THE LITHOSIID^E. 19 



bent in the middle ; mediau vein three-branched, two upper from end 

 of the cell. Hind wing — two subcostal branches ; discocellulars very 

 slender, scarcely visible, two upper median branches. 



Chrysorabdia tiridata. (Plate II. fig. I, 6 .) 



Lithosia viridata, Walk. Catal. Lep. B. M. Suppl. p. 225. 



Darj iling. 



Cafissa, d. g. 



Fore wing long, narrow ; costa arched before the apex, exterior 

 margin oblique and convex, hind margin slightly convex near the 

 base. Male with a longitudinal fold below the cell 1 , where the scales 

 are raised and rough ; cell short, narrow ; discocellulars of equal 

 length, bent inward ; first subcostal branch very short, oblique, 

 anastomosed to costal ; second immediately before end of the cell ; 

 third at its end, and trifurcate ; radial from beyond end of the cell, 

 starting from the third branch of subcostal near its base ; median 

 vein straight, three-branched, two upper from beyond end of the cell ; 

 submedian slightly recurved. Hind wiug long, broad, apex produced, 

 the male having the scales on the disk raised and rough ; two sub- 

 costal and two median branches beyond end of the cell ; discocellulars 

 bent inward, upper the longest. Body long, slender, extending be- 

 yond hind wing. Antennae minutely pectinate in male, setose in 

 female. Palpi prominent, pilose at base, apex slender. Legs long, 

 slender. 



Capissa innotata. (Plate II. fig. 2, 3 .) 



Lithosia innotata, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 352. 



N.W. Himalayas. 



This genus will also include L. vagesa, Moore, from the Khasia 

 hills, L. insolita, Walk., from China, L. nigripars, Walk., from N. 

 India, and L. sambara, Moore, from Java. 



Capissa auriflava, n. sp. 



Female. Fore wing deep golden-yellow ; hind wing and abdomen 

 paler. Underside of fore wing greyish at the base ; femur, tibia, 

 and tarsal joints with a black terminal band ; palpi black at tip ; 

 antennae yellow. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Katmandu, *Nepal (General Ramsay). In coll. F. Moore. 



Allied to O. vagesa (Lithosia vagesa, Moore, Catal. Lep. E.I. C. 

 ii. p. 304), but is of a deeper colour, and the legs are banded only 

 with black, whereas iu C. vagesa the legs are entirely black. 



Capissa pallens, n. sp. (Plate II. fig. 3.) 

 Female. Pale whitish ochreous ; fore wing glossy, costal edge 

 ochreous. Thorax, palpi, and abdomen beneath ochreous; legs 

 dusky brown above ; palpi brown at tip ; antennae brown. Un- 

 derside — costal border of both wings brighter-coloured ; middle of 

 fore wing pale ochreous brown. 



1 Probably a sound-producing apparatus. 



2* 



