354 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASTATIC [Mar. 1, 



antemedian and a straight postmedian pale line with black-speckled 

 borders ; a submarginal zigzag pale-bordered black-speckled fascia ; 

 orbicular and reniform spots pale, with black-speckled border ; a 

 marginal row of black dots : hind wing brown ; cilia pale ochreous- 

 brown. Thorax, and head grey-speckled ; palpi with broad brown 

 lateral band ; legs dark brown, with ochreous speckles and tarsal 

 bands. 



Expanse I^ inch. 



Hab. Darjihng {Bmsell). In coll. F. Moore and Dr. Staudmger. 



Fam. CosMiiD^. 

 Genus Cosmia, Ochs. 



CosMiA HYPENOiDES, n, sp. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 19.) 



Male and Female. Fore wing dark purple-brown, crossed by an 

 outwardly oblique antemedian, a median, and an outwardly-angled 

 postmedian transverse pale-bordered black line, a black dot at base 

 of cell, a submarginal indistinct lunular line, and a marginal black 

 line ; orbicular and reniform spots very indistinct : hind wing and 

 abdomen dull brown. Thorax purple-brown; palpi grey, with 

 broad black band on second joint ; fore and middle legs with blackish 

 bands. 



Expanse 1 J^- inch. 



Hab. Parisnath Hill (Bengal). In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Fam. Hadenid^. 

 Genus Dianthecia, Boisd. 



DiANTHECiA coNFLUENS, n. sp. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 20.) 



Fore wing dark purple-brown, crossed by a subbasal black-bordered 

 pale-ochreous sinuous line, a similar antemedian and a postmedian 

 narrow waved line, and a submarginal brown-bordered pale line ; 

 orbicular and reniform spots pale ochreous with brown centre ; the 

 two lower median branches pale ochreous to the postmedian line ; a 

 black dentate mark below the cell ; a marginal row of dentate lunulas ; 

 cilia brown : hind wing greyish dusky-brown, palest at base, and 

 with a pale-bordered brown transverse discal line; cilia ochreous. 

 Body and legs dark purple-brown, black-speckled. 



Expanse \\ inch. 



Hab. Darjiling. lu coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Genus Euplexia, Stephens. 



EuPLEXiA distorta, n. sp. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 18.) 



Male and Female. Fore wing black, with transverse distorted white 

 bands, including an outer marginal sinuous bordered band : hind wing 

 pale blackish-cinerous exernally and whitish basally ; cilia white. 

 Thorax black, with white tegulas, crest, and collar ; abdomen black- 

 ish at tip ; palpi black tipt with white ; legs black, with white streaks 

 and tarsal bands. 



Expanse Ig inch. 



Hab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



