1881.] NOCTURNAL LKPIDOPTERA. 359 



Fam. HAMEROSIDiE. 



Genus Apsarasa, Moore. 

 Apsarasa wallacei, n. sp. 



Female. Glossy purplish black. Dififers from A. radians from 

 Sikkini, and A. figurata from Andamans, in having the marginal 

 spots alternately obsolete on the costa, a broader intervening space 

 between those on the outer margin, and a much larger quadrate 

 spot on middle of hind margin. Underside of fore wing as above, 

 hind wing without basal spots. Abdomen black above, small lateral 

 spots and streak beneath white. 



Expanse 2g inches. 



Hub. Dorey {Wallace). In coll. Oxford University Museum. 



Fam. AcoNTiiDiE. 

 Naranga, n. g. 

 Wings small : fore wing elongated, narrow, acute at the apex, 

 exterior margin oblique ; hind wing slightly elongated and narrow. 

 Veins similar to those in Xanthodes. Palpi small, smooth, slightly 

 ascending, third joint minute, slender, short ; legs slender, smooth. 

 Type N. diffusa. 



Naranga diffusa. 



Xanthodes diffusa. Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxiii. Suppl. 

 p. 779 (1865). 



Fore wing yellow, with a slight median, oblique, short purplish-red 

 band, a less distinct streak below the apex, and a spot above posterior 

 angle : hind wing whitish yellow. Body, palpi, and legs above 

 yellow. 



Expanse ^ inch. 



Hab. Ceylon ; S. India (Nilgiris) ; Formosa. 



Naranga ^nescens, n. sp. 



Fore wing senescent yellow, with two narrow purple-brown outer 

 bands : hind wing brown ; cilia yellow. Body and legs yellow. 

 Expanse -^-^ inch. 

 Hab. Formosa {Swinhoe). In coll. F. Moore. 



Churia, n. g. 



Fore wing elongated, narrow, rectangular ; costal vein extending 

 to two thirds the margin ; first subcostal emitted at one half and 

 second at one eighth before end of the cell, second trifurcate, third 

 and fourth at equal distances from base of second, fifth from end of 

 the cell and slightly touching third at its base ; discocellular bent at 

 its upper and lower end, and very convex in the middle, radials from 

 the angles ; upper median branch from end of the cell, middle branch 

 from one eighth and lower from beyond one third before end of the 

 cell ; subniedian slightly curved at the base. Hind wing short ; costal 

 vein straight, extending to apex ; two subcostal branches from end 



