1881.] NOCTURNAL LEPIDOPTERV. 331 



Palimpsestis alternata, n. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 2.) 



Allied to P. ocularis of Europe. Male. Fore wing pale metallic 

 cupreous-brown, crossed by a broad basal, a median, and two narrow 

 submarginal greenish-grey indistinct bands ; some black basal spots, 

 an ante- and postmedian transverse black sinuous line, and black 

 and white streaks externally along the veins : hind wing and abdo- 

 men pale cupreous-brown. Thorax greenish grey ; collar, front of 

 head, palpi, and legs rufous-brown ; legs with black bands. 



Expanse \^ inch. 



Hub. Darjihng. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Palimpsestis cuprina, n. sp, (Plate XXXVII. fig. 3.) 



Male and female. Fore wing pale metallic brown, slightly 

 cupreous anteriorly, and the area below the cell greenish ; two or 

 three black transverse antemedian lines angled at median vein ; some 

 basal spots, a black discocellular recurved mark and a spot withiu 

 the cell; five or six transverse discal indistinct sinuous lines with 

 black and white dentate marks on the veins ; a submarginal pale 

 lunular line and a marginal black line : hind wing pale cupreous- 

 white, with pale cupreous-brown marginal band. Thorax, head, 

 and palpi brown ; abdomen paler ; collar black ; fore and middle 

 legs with black bands. 



Expanse l^^, inch. 



Hab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Fam. Bryophilid^. 

 Genus Bryophila. 



Bryophila literata, n. sp. 



Fore wing greyish white, with a transverse basal black band, a 

 broad median olivaceous-black band bordered inwardly by a black 

 sinuous line, and outwardly by a duplex lunular line, which is con- 

 vex beyond the cell ; a less distinct submarginal zigzag line, with a 

 black costal patch extending between it and the discal line ; a mar- 

 ginal black lunular line with the points ending in a cilial black spot ; 

 orbicular and reniform marks each defined by a black line, with inner 

 white border and blackish centre, and forming imperfectly the letters 

 C R, the interspace between the reniform and the outer sinuous 

 duplex line of the same colour as the discal area : hind wing cine- 

 reous, with a pale cinereous-brown outer band, less distinct median 

 fascia and discocellular streak ; cilia white, spotted with brown. 

 Tegulse and dorsal tufts fringed with black ; palpi and fore tibiae 

 with brown bands. 



Expanse Ig inch. 



Hab. Cashmere. In coll. F. Moore. 



Allied to B. glandifera. Differs in having a black subbasal band, 

 the inner black sinuous line of the median band continued to the 

 posterior margin, a less black submarginal irregular fasciated line, 

 and in the marginal black lunular line having the points directed to 

 the cilial spots. 



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