24 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC LEPIDOPTERA. [Jail. 16, 



Pandesma similata, n. sp. 



Smaller than P. anysa. Fore wing brownish grey, densely 

 speckled ; markings similar, distinctly formed but less visibly sepa- 

 rated : hind wing with browner outer band. Underside white, with 

 more prominent outer band than in P. anysa. 



Expanse Ij^y inch. 



Hab. N.W. India (RawulPindee; Allahabad). In coll. F, Moore. 



Fam. Catephiid^. 

 Ercheia pannosa, n. sp. 



Allied to E. costipamiosa. Fore wing comparatively shorter and 

 broader, and of a pale ochreous tint. Male with the costal patches 

 darker, the basal less sinuous, the apical shorter, the transverse 

 double line less distinct, the discocellular or reniform mark elon- 

 gated, and either white or white-bordered, the mark below the cell 

 shorter : hind wing similarly marked. Female with black patches 

 and less distinct transverse lines. 



Expanse, c?!^, $ 2 inches. 



Hab. S. India (Malabar) ; Ceylon. In coll. F. Moore. 



Ercheia uniformis, u. sp. 



Blale and Female. Fore wing of a more uniform brown colour, 

 darkest along the costal area ; the transverse sinuous lines more 

 distinct than in E. pannosa ; the reniform mark whitish-lined, and 

 two small black-lined marks below it, the mark between the median 

 and submedian veins very small. 



Expanse, S If, $ Ig inch. 



Hab. S. India (Malabar). In coll. F. Moore. 



Fam. Erebiid^. 

 Sypna contellata, n. sp. 



Fore wing dark umber-brown, with four transverse equidistant 

 linear series of pure-white spots and numerous verj' minute inter- 

 vening dots, and a floreate cluster of white spots forming the reni- 

 form mark •. hind wing paler brown, with paler medial and sub- 

 marginal fasciae, and a flower marginal row of pure-white spots. 

 Underside very pale brownish-ochreous, with a narrow inner and 

 broad outer dusky-brown band, the latter traversed by a waved 

 pale line. 



Expanse 2g inches. 



Hab. Dharmsala {B. Powell). In coll. F. Moore. 



Sypna rubrifascia, n, sp. 



Intermediate between S.fraterna and S. curvilinea. Darker in 

 colour than either, the fore wings comparatively narrower than in 

 /S. curvilinea ; the interspace between the medial transverse lines 

 wider and distinctly divided by pale vein-lines ; the postmedial 

 fascia brighter coloured ; the marginal spots are prominently blue- 



