1879.] MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC LEPIDQPTERA. 395 



Fam. Arctiid.e. 



GONERDA, D. g. 



Male. Fore wing long, costa nearly straight, apex acute, exterior 

 margin slightly oblique, hind margin straight to near end ; costal vein 

 extending two thirds its length ; subcostal vein four-branched, first and 

 second branches arising before end of the cell, fourth and fifth short, 

 the fifth arising from below the third at half its length, fourth from 

 below end of the third ; discocellulars slightly oblique, upper very 

 short ; one radial starting from angle at upper end of the cell ; me- 

 dian vein four-branched, the three upper contiguous at lower end of 

 the cell ; submedian curved and extending near the hind margin. 

 Hind wing broad, costal margin nearly straight, apex rather acute, 

 outer margin convex ; subcostal extending to near apex, three- 

 branched ; discocellulars oblique ; median vein as in fore wing ; sub- 

 median nearly straight. Body stout, densely pilose, hairs long and 

 lax on the thorax, anal tuft prominent and divergent ; antenna? bi- 

 pectinated. Palpi decumbent, densely pilose, third joint long. Legs 

 pilose beneath, spurred. 



Near to genus Alope, Walker. 



GONERDA PERORNATA, 11. Sp. (Plate XXXII. fig. 2.) 



Male. Fore wing yellow, crossed by four narrow black irregular 

 bands and two series of basal streaks, the outer or marginal band 

 extending slightly upward beyond posterior angle, the second band 

 being short, third band recurved, fourth bent inward near end of the 

 cell; a black oblique spot at end of the cell; the basal streaks 

 short, irregular, and broken by the veins : hind wing deep crimson, 

 crossed by three broad, irregular curved black bands and a narrow 

 marginal line. Cilia of both wings yellow. Thorax ochreous-yellow, 

 with three longitudinal black bands. Abdomen crimson, with black 

 dorsal band and fringe to tuft. Underside as above, the markings 

 on fore wing slightly confluent. Palpi, head, and body beneath 

 black ; femora above crimson. Antennae brown, shaft yellowish. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



Had. Cashmere. In coll, F. Moore. 



Arctia stjttadra, n. sp. 



Female. Upperside— -fore wing with three oblique transverse 

 brownish-black broad bands, the interspaces creamy white; first 

 band basal, second median and bifid on the costa, third apical partly 

 divided ; cilia black. Hind wing crimson, with two large, irregular, 

 oval, submarginal black spots, also a very small spot below the cell • 

 cilia alternate black and yellow. Palpi, head, thorax, and body 

 black; abdomen only with lateral crimson bands. Underside with 

 the median and apical bands as above, the basal absent, interspaces 

 yellow : hind wing as above, but no spot below the cell ; a nar- 

 row streak at end of cell. Abdominal rings fringed with red ; 

 legs black, front and mid legs streaked with red, hind tarsi yel- 

 lowish. Antennae black. 



