1890.] NEW MOTHS FROM INDIA. 3/9 



Genus Artona, Wk., 

 Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc. xii. p. 356 (1876). 



Artona sikkimensis, n. sp. (Plate XXXII. fig. 17,6 •) 



d . Brown, with a pale yellow streak at base of costa ; an ovate 

 spot of the same colour at the iniddle of the hind margin, and a short 

 transverse band near apex of fore wing; hind wing with a long yellow- 

 ish-brown streak in centre. Beneath, the same markings, but the 

 streak of the hind wing is broader, connected with the costal margin 

 near ihe middle ; fringes of both wings pale yellow. Thorax and head 

 brown, with yellowish tegulse and spots on sides of neck. Abdomen 

 banded with yellow above, beneath yellowish ; front of head and palpi 

 yellow. Antennae pectinate, black. 



Expanse 21 mm. 



Described from a single specimen, taken by myself on the Singa- 

 lelah range, dividing Sikkim and Nepal, at about 12,000 feet eleva- 

 tion, in July 1886. 



This species is most nearly allied to A. zebraica, which I have from 

 Sikkim and Kulu. 



Artona zebra, n. sp. (Plate XXXII. fig. 11, J-) 



S . Brown, with a faint yellow costal streak ; 4 conspicuous yellow 

 spots on fore wing, of which one at the base is elongate, the next two in 

 the centre ovate, and the last near the apex geminate. Hind wing with 

 a broad central longitudinal yellow patch. Fringes broad, yellow, 

 abruptly changing to brown close to the apex of the fore and hind 

 wings, by which character it can readily be separated from the alHed 

 species. Beneath, the two central spots coalesce and touch the basal 

 streaks ; on the hind wing the yellow patch extends towards the ab- 

 dominal margin. Tegulse and sides of neck, front of head, and base of 

 coxae yellow. Abdomen brown, faintly banded with whitish ; end 

 of abdomen below yellowish. Antennse black. 



Expanse 18 mm. 



Described from two males taken at the same time and place as 

 the last, but lower down the mountain, at about 11,000 feet 

 elevation. 



Artona postalba, n. sp. (Plate XXXII. fig. 16, cJ .) 



"With A. sikkimensis I took still another, which might be thought 

 to be a variety of it, but which differs so conspicuously in the colour 

 of the hind wings and fringes that, as I know of no similar variation 

 in the species of this family, I must conclude to be a distinct species. 

 It may be described shortly as like A. zebra, but with the central 

 patch of the hind wing white instead of yellow, the fringes of the 

 hind wings blackish instead of yellow, the costal streak at base of 

 fore wing wanting. The tegulse show no yellow ; the abdomen no 

 whitish bands above, but narrow yellow bands below. Antennae 

 black. 



Expanse 18 mm. 



