1881.] NOCTURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 365 



anastomosed to third near its base ; discocellular very slender, bent 

 close to each end, concave in middle, upper and lower radials from 

 the angles ; upper median branch emitted from angle above end of 

 the cell, middle branch from the end, lower from some distance before 

 the end. Hind wing comparatively long and narrow; two subcostal 

 branches from end of the cell ; discocellular bent in middle, a very 

 slender radial from the middle ; cell long ; two upper median branches 

 from end of the cell, lower from some distance before the end. Body 

 long, slender ; thorax laxly pilose ; palpi pilose, small, apex very 

 short ; legs slightly pilose beneath ; fore tibia in male armed with a 

 long and a short black spine iu front ; antennae in male minutely pec- 

 tinate. 



Type P. beatrir. 



PrADATTA BEATRIX, D. Sp. 



Synia beatrix. Von M. D. R., MS. 



Male and Female. Fore wing pale pink, with a longitudinal pale 

 yellow fascia extending from the base of the cell to exterior margin, 

 and a similar fascia below the cell spreading below the median vein 

 to the outer margin ; some specimens have the median vein to end 

 of the cell tinged with black : hind wing white, with pink lining to 

 the veins and outer border. Underside — fore wing with paler 

 costal and outer border than above ; hind wing with pink costal 

 border. Thorax pinkish brown, palest on tegulse ; abdomen pale 

 yellowish above, pinkish beneath ; palpi and legs above ochreous- 

 red ; fore-tibial claws black. 



Expanse \~ inch. 



Hab. Canara(S. India) ; Dharmsala(N.W. Himalaya) ; Saibadad 

 (Cashmir). In coll. F. Moore, Dr. Staudiuger, and Lord Walsingham. 



Pradatta bivittata. 



Leucania biolttata, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. ix. p. 108 

 (1856). 



Hab. S. India. In coll. British Museum. 



Pradatta decorata, n. sp. 



Mule and Female. Fore wing pale yellow, with a broad triangular 

 pale crimson band extending from base through and below the cell 

 and thence obliquely upward across the disk to the apex ; a recurved 

 series of six white spots on the discal portion of the band, one on 

 middle of median vein, and one on submedian vein ; cilia crimson : 

 hind wing paler yellow ; cilia whitish, slightly tinged with crimson 

 at the apex. Body pale yellow ; thorax ochreous ; front of head, 

 tip of palpi, and legs above crimson ; fore-tibial claws black. 



Expanse | to 1 inch. 



Hab. Deccan {Dr. Day) ; IManpuri, N.W. Provinces {Home) ; 

 Allahabad {Hellard) ; Sind valley and Saidabad, Cashmir {Atkin- 

 son). In coll. F. Moore and Dr. Staudinger. 



