332 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC [Mar. 1, 



Brvophila nilgiria, n. sp. 



Fore wing ochreous-white, with a black transverse subbasal, an 

 antemedian zigzag narrow line, a postmedian sinuous line extending 

 outwardly across the disk to a submarginal zigzag fascia ; a black 

 lunular marginal line ; orbicular spot small, black-lined and white- 

 centred, reniform mark large and formed only by a black line, their 

 interspace blackish : hind wing cinerous-brown, palest at base ; 

 cilia white. Thorax cinereous-white ; tegulse and dorsal tufts black- 

 fringed ; abdomen cinereous-brown ; palpi, and legs above, banded 

 with black. 



Expanse Ig inch. 



Hub. Ooty, Nilgiris. In coll. F. Moore. 



Bryophila mediana, n. sp. 



Fore wing with a broad median transverse olive-brown band, the 

 inner margin of which is defined by a white-bordered black-pointed 

 zigzag line, and the outer margin by a similar sinuous line ; orbicular 

 and reniform marks indistinctly white-bordered and confluent at 

 their lower end ; a short subbasal olive-brown costal band ; the area 

 between the base and median band, and the entire outer border of 

 the wing, clouded with olive-brown speckles ; an indistinct slender 

 black marginal line : hind wing cinereous-brown ; cilia white. 



Expanse 1^1^ inch. 



Eab. Solun, Punjab. In coll. F. Moore. 



Bryophila modesta, n. sp. 



Fore wing pale brownish ochreous, with an indistinct black- 

 speckled, subbasal, transverse band, an antemedian and a postmedian 

 sinuous black-speckled line ; the entire area from the antemedian 

 line to the outer margin clouded with black speckles ; orbicular 

 mark black, reinform ill-defined ; a slight marginal black lunular 

 line : hind wing cinereous-brown, cilia whitish. Body brownish 

 ochreous ; palpi and forelegs above with slight brown bands. 



Expanse 1 inch. 



Hah. N.W. Himalaya. In coll. F. Moore. 



Allied to B. algoe. 



Fam. Bombycoid^. 

 Genus Acronycta, Ochsenheimer. 



ACRONYCTA BICOLOR, n. Sp. 



Fore wing black, minutely speckled with grey ; orbicular and 

 reniform marks and transverse sinuous lines indistinctly blacker: 

 hind wing white ; costal and subcostal veins slightly black-speckled ; 

 a marginal row of black-speckled spots and cilial border. Thorax, 

 palpi, and legs black, grey-speckled ; tarsi with pale bands ; abdo- 

 men brown, with black dorsal bands. 



Expanse 1| inch. 



Hab. Solun, Punjab (N.W. India). In coll. F. Moore. 



