566 MR. I. MOORE ON NEW INDIAN LEPIDOFTERA. [Apr. 16, 



Genus Thyca, Wallengren. 



Thyca devaca. 



Female. Upperside fuliginous brown : fore wing with indistinct 

 whitish streaks in the cell and between the veins, tbe latter ter- 

 minating in a band of elongated spots across the apex : hind wing 

 with a broader whitish streak between the veins, the anterior 

 margin and the space within the cell being tinged with pink ; the 

 streaks terminating in a submarginal series of indistinct maroon- 

 brown spots ; abdominal margin broadly buff-white. Underside : 

 fore wing as above, the markings well defined and white, the three 

 upper apical spots yellow : hind wing with all the veins and outer 

 margin dark brown ; the entire space between the costal and sub- 

 costal veins, as well as that of the discoidal cell, brick-red ; a sub- 

 marginal series of bright blood-red spots ; base of wing, abdominal 

 margin, and space between the veins to the subcostal bright yellow 

 inward aud white outward. 



Expanse 3 inches. 



Hab. Burmah. In Coll. F. Moore. 



Allied to T. hierte, Hiibn., a Burmese female of which is before 

 me, but from which it may be at once distinguished by the promi- 

 nent brick-red colour at the base of the hind wing. 



Thyca berinda. 



Female. Upperside dark fuliginous : fore wing with a marginal 

 and discal transverse series of elongated indistinct whitish streaks, 

 and a parallel streak near the end of the discoidal cell : hind wing with 

 a bright yellow basal spot, a double series of pale yellowish-white 

 indistinct streaks and a more prominent elongated streak within the 

 cell ; abdominal margin vinous-grey. Underside vinous-brown, 

 marked as above, but more prominently ; all the markings of the 

 hind wing and three apical spots on fore wing bright yellow ; 

 abdominal margin entirely vinous-brown. 



Expanse 3J inches. 



Hab. Khasia Hills (Godwin- Austen) . In Coll. F. Moore. 



Allied to the Nepalese T. horsfieldi, but differs from the same sex 

 of that species in having the wings more elongated, the hind wing 

 being considerably produced anteriorly. 



Genus Terias, Swains. 



Terias rama. 



Female. Shape of wings as in T. venata. Pale yellow, thickly 

 speckled with dusky scales, especially at base of fore wings : a 

 broad brownish-black border on the fore wing, as in T. venata : 

 hind whig with a broad brownish-black apical border which is 

 suffused to the middle angle and extends along the marginal line : 

 cilia of fore wing pale brown, of hind wing pale yellow. Underside 

 paler, speckled with dusky scales ; two transverse indistinct bands 

 on hind wing, composed of dusky scales. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Hab. Colombo, Ceylon. In Coll. Capt. Hutchison and F. Moore. 



