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marginal row of brown lunules, which also extend across the cilia. 

 Thorax, head, palpi, and legs brownish-grey ; abdomen paler. 

 Female. Fore wing greyer than in male, the transverse hnes slightly 

 more distinct, the longitudinal black streak continued from the base 

 to exterior margin. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Hab. Kangra. In coll. British Museum. 



Genus Hyboma, Hiibner. 

 Hyboma divisa, n. sp. 



Allied to the European H. strigosa, much larger in size. Fore 

 wing dark grey, with a slight violaceous tint ; the transverse ante- 

 medial black double line less sinuous, the postmedial sinuous double 

 line blacker, the intermedial area being outwardly crossed by a zigzag, 

 blackish, fasciated band, the longitudinal blackish streak below the 

 cell is in a continuous line from the base to outer margin. Ilind 

 wing greyish-brown. Thorax, head and palpi, and legs above, dark 

 hoary-grey ; palpi and legs with black bands ; abdomen greyish- 

 brown. 



Expanse, S If, 2 1^ inch. 



Hab. Kangra. In coll. British Museum. 



'a 



Fam. LeucaniidjE. 

 Genus Tympanistes, Moore. 



Tympanistes rubidorsalis, n. sp. 



Fore wing pale pinkish whitish-ochreous, densely but indistinctly 

 irrorated with minute brown scales ; reniform mark small, with brown- 

 speckled border ; a marginal row of minute black dots. Hind wing 

 pinkish-white, the abdominal border suffused with pale pink. Thorax, 

 head, palpi, and legs above very pale brownish-ochreous ; abdomen 

 white beneath, pinkish-red above. 



Expanse Ig inch. 



Hab. Kangra. In coll. British Museum. 



Genus Axylia, Hiibner. 

 Axylia triseriata, n. sp. 



Fore wing greyer in tint of colour than in A. iiutris ; the costal 

 border and markings darker, the transverse subbasal zigzag lines less 

 acutely angled, the two transverse discal rows of dots situated nearer 

 towards the outer margin ; between the inner rows of dots and the 

 reniform mark is a distinct third row of very similar dots, the marginal 

 row of dentate points are also less distinct. Hind wing pale purplish 

 cinereous-brown. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Hab. Kangra. In coll. British Museum. 



Leucania irrorata, n. sp. 



Fore wing pale greyish-ochreous, sparsely irrorated with minute 



