396 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW LEPIDOPTERA [JunC 19, 



slightly recurved. Body short, slightly pilose ; legs almost naked ; 

 antennae short, broadly bipectiuated, the pectinations plumose ; palpi 

 very minute. 



Akesina basalis, n. sp. 



Wings semitransparent, pale fuliginous ; the lower basal area of 

 fore wing and entire basal area of hind wing pale ferruginous-red : 

 body and legs ferruginous-red ; antennae brown. 



Expanse \-^jj inch. 



Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. 



Barandra, n. g. 

 Wings short, hroad, nearly naked. Fore wing somewhat obovate ; 

 costa slightly arched near the end, apex very convex ; exterior mar- 

 gin oblique and slightly rounded, posterior angle convex ; costal vein 

 nearly straight ; subcostal angled close to end of the cell, four- 

 branched, first branch arising at half length and second at angle 

 before end of the cell, third bifid at one third beyond the cell ; cell 

 very broad ; discocellulars angled inward, upper bent slightly out- 

 ward, the radial branch starting from its angle ; a single discoidal 

 veinlet emitted within the cell from middle of discocellulars ; median 

 vein four-branched, curved hindward to lower branch and angled at 

 each branch, the branches short, wide apart, and nearly equidistant ; 

 submedian slightly angled near its end, emitting a short lower spur 

 from the angle. Hind wing oval ; exterior margin very convex ; 

 costal vein extending to apex ; subcostal vein extending from base 

 to below the apex, and joined to the costal by a short cross branch 

 about one third from its base ; cell broad ; discocellulars outwardly 

 oblique and slightly angled at the middle, the discoidal veinlet being 

 emitted within the cell from the angle ; radial vein four-branched, 

 angled at the branches ; a submedian vein. Body small, slender ; 

 abdomen not extending beyond anal angle of hind wing, slightly and 

 finely pilose ; head nearly naked ; legs long, very slender, naked ; 

 palpi minute, pilose ; antennae bipectinate, the pectinations wide 

 and delicately plumose. 



Barandra fumata, n. sp. 



Wings nearly naked, pale fuliginous-grey ; body yellowish, sparsely 

 pilose, hairs grey ; thorax above in front and behind black ; antennae 

 pale brown, shaft yellow ; legs yellow. 



Expanse -[^ inch. 



Eab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. 



"A case-bearing larva; nn rocks, June 7, 8000 feet. Moth 

 emerged July 11." (^Soching.) 



Dasaratha, n. g. 



Wings broad, short, sparselj' clothed with short fine hairy scales. 



Fore wing trigonal ; costa slightly arched near the end, apex convex ; 



exterior margin very oblique, slightly concave in middle ; posterior 



margin slightly convex at the base ; costal vein extending to two 



