26 MR- F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC LEPIDOPTERA. [Jan. 16, 



also slenderly bordered by brownish-ochreous ; lobate reniforra 

 mark half the size of that in A. hieroc/bjphica, and not darker than 

 the fasciae. Underside ochreous-brown, the marginal borders paler, 

 the short oblique subapical band and ill-defined interrupted slender 

 sinuous fascia ochreous- white. 



Expanse, 6 2§, $ 2|- inches. 



Hab. Khasia hills {Austen). In coll. F. Moore. 



Nyctipao prunosa, n. sp. 



Allied to N. glaucopis. Smaller ; colour of a bluer glossy iron- 

 grey purplish-brown tint ; fore wing with a smaller retort mark, the 

 transverse pale zigzag line linear, not composed of distinct lunate 

 spots as in N. glaucopis ; hind wing with smaller white subapical 

 spots, the second spot being lunate ; on the underside the transverse 

 series of spots are also much smaller and linear. 



Expanse 3| inches. 



Hab. Kussowlie, N.W. Himalaya. In coll. F. Moore. 



Fam. Ommatophorid^. 

 Sericia calamistrata, n. sp. 



Allied to )S. substruens (Tavia substruens, Walk.). 



Markings on both wings similar, except that in the fore wing 

 the prominent discal white-speckled mark beyond the cell is formed 

 by a uniformly rounded duplex line, with a more slender lower ter- 

 minal inner end, and with its upper costal end more acutely sinuous. 



Expanse 2| inches. 



Hab. Andaman Isles. In coll. F. Moore. 



Fam. Hypopyrid^,. 

 Hypopyra pallida, n. sp. 



Male. Similar to H. vespertilio. Much paler in colour : fore 

 wing with the subbasal transverse fascia less curved ; oblique medial 

 lines darker, the contiguous and outer sinuous fasciae more distinct, 

 and the marginal lunular line less defined ; three prominent small 

 black spots encircled by greyish-white, and an indistinct discocel- 

 lular lunule : hind wing with two distinct brown medial lines and 

 two contiguous lines, two distinct outer sinuous fasciae, and a mar- 

 ginal lunular brown line. 



Female. Much paler than the same sex of H. vespertilio ; the 

 markings indistinct : fore wing with three small indistinct black- 

 centred grey-bordered spots, and slender discocellular lunule. 



Expanse, S 2|, $ 3 inches. 



Hab. Ceylon. In coll. F. Moore. 



Fam. Ophiusid^. 



Naxia dxjplexa, n. sp. (Plate VI. fig. 4.) 



Near to N. calefaciens. Female. Fore wing differs in the sub- 

 basal line being curved inward and slenderly bordered on each side 



