5/2 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW INDIAN LEPIDOPTERA. [Apr. lti, 



Subfam. Lithosiinje. 

 Genus Lithosia, Fabr. 



LlTHOSIA DISTORTA. 



Male and female. Fore wing pale testaceous yellow, suffused in 

 parts with fuliginous brown, yellowish along the costa ; a blackish 

 spot on the costa one-third from the apex : hind wing much paler : 

 fore wing of the male with a longitudinal depression or fold along 

 the cell, the subcostal vein being fringed with overlapping broad 

 adpiessed scales; apex of the wing distorted, and wrinkled to the 

 extreme margin ; hind margin very convex : third joint of palpi 

 and front of head brown : proboscis, top of head, anal tuft, and an- 

 tennae yellow ; legs brown above, yellowish beneath ; thorax 

 brown ; abdomen greyish brown ; eyes black. 



Expanse, o" 1-fir. 2 l^r inch. 



Hab. Sikkim. In Coll. W. W. Saunders, Capt. Lang, F. Moore. 



Lithosia nigrifrons. 



Male. Fore wing narrow, convex towards base of posterior margin ; 

 a longitudinal depression from base to posterior angle, pale pinkish 

 cream-colour ; apex and cilia tinged with pale golden-yellow : hind 

 wing slightly paler cream-colour, yellowish exteriorly : front of head 

 blackish brown; top of head, thorax, and abdomen pale golden yellow : 

 legs entirely blackish above ; femur and tibia yellowish beneath : 

 third joint of palpi black : eyes jet-black ; antennae setose, brown ; 

 wings beneath yellow, fore wing tinged with brown. 



Expanse lfV inch. 



Bab. N. India. In Coll. F. Moore. 



Genus Bizone, Walker. 



Bizone gazella. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 4.) 



Male and female white : fore wing with several transverse tor- 

 tuous cinnamon-yellow bands, which in the male are confluent aud 

 thus form a series of nine white spots, four of which are costal, three 

 on the hind margin (from the last of which ascends an upper streak), 

 the other two spots being below the third and fourth costal : cilia 

 white : thorax with cinnamon-yellow bands ; fore and middle tibiae 

 with black streaks ; tarsi black ; palpi black, fringed beneath with 

 white ; antennae brown. 



Expanse, 6* Ittj. 2 Ifo inch - 



Flab. Masuri, N.W. Himalaya. In Coll. Capt. A. M. Lang and 

 W. W. Saunders. 



Subfam. Arctiin^e. 



Genus Aloa, Walker. 

 Aloa nigricans. 



Fore wing dark blackish brown : hind wing brick-red ; a 

 blaekish-brown band on anterior margin and three large connected 

 spots on exterior margin : thorax above, entire body beneath, and 



