1889.] INDIAN LEPIDOPTERA. 407 
A handsome local species, much smaller than the Himalayan L. 
grandis in both sexes, somewhat similar in the female, but very dif- 
ferent in the male, the fore wing and thorax of the latter sex being 
dark grey, with prominent brown markings. 
NoToODONTID&. 
BirETA NANA, D. sp. 
Allied to B. longivitta, Walker, and B. xanthophila. 
Male and female. Fore wings pale, dull ochreous, costal and 
hinder margins darker, a longitudinal ochreous-brown central stripe 
from the base to less than one third from the outer margin, curving 
slightly upwards at the end towards the apex, anda discal and a 
submarginal curved row of brown dots. 
Hind wings smoky brown, with dull ochreous border aud fringe ; 
antennee with the shaft brown; plumes pale ochreous grey; palpi 
brown at the tips; head ochreous brown; thorax paler, with a 
brownish middle stripe; abdomen above greyish brown. 
Below: wings pale yellowish, with thin centres, suffused with smoky 
brown, and this suffusion covers most of the body below; the legs 
are also marked with the same colour, the tibiee of some specimens 
being entirely brown. 
Expanse of wings 13 inch. 
Hab. North Kanara, June 1887. Two specimens received from 
Mr. Wise, Nilgiri Hills, four specimens received from Mr. Hampson. 
One third less in size than B. longivitta, and distinguishable from 
it by the absence of the obliquely transverse denticulated lines on 
the fore wing. 
PHINECA CANITIES, 0. sp. 
Male and female. Greyish white irrorated with grey, shaft of the 
antennze white; fore wings with a broad antemedial, outwardly 
curved band, composed of two brown lines, with the space inside 
dark grey, the band being transected by two brown lines, one near 
the costa and the other just below the middle ; also a discal row of 
black marks on the veins; marginal line grey. Hind wings rather 
paler than fore wings, unmarked, marginal line grey; cilia of both 
wings greyish white, with grey patches at the end of the veins; 
veins on both wings rather prominent. Head and thorax paler 
grey than the abdomen. 
Underside paler than upperside ; hind wings whitish, veins and 
cilia as above, a small whitish costal space one fourth from the apex 
of fore wings; hind wings with a central, outwardly curved, pale 
grey band; body and legs pale grey. 
Expanse of wings 1—1,2, inch. 
Hab. North Kanara, June 1887. 4 6,1 9, received from 
Mr. Wise. 
This insect is most nearly allied to P. dbasistriga, Walk., Catal. 
Lep. Het. B.M. vii. p. 1747 ; the type specimen of which is in the 
British Museum Collection, but without locality. 
