430 COI.. C. SWINHOE ON NEW [Nov. 5, 



EUPITHECIA INFESTATA, n. Sp. , 



Fore wings very long, outer border rounded, slightly oblique, costa 

 and hinder margin almost straight ; abdomen rather stout, long, ex- 

 tending one third beyond the hind wings ; general coloration ciner- 

 eous grey, marginal line in both wings brown, fringe varied and 

 interlined with whitish ; fore wings with a prominent brown spot at the 

 end of the cell, and both wings with an indistinct submarginal 

 lunular whitish line, but in most of the specimens this is obsolete ; 

 hind wings paler towards the costa, with some brown marks near the 

 anal border towards the angle. 



Underside paler, with a brown spot at the end of each cell, and a 

 discal submarginal faint line on each wing, and some brown marks 

 on the costa of the fore wings near the apex; tibia with brown 

 bands. 



Expanse of wings -f^^ inch. 



Bab. Mhow, October ; Poona and Khandalla, October ; Nilgiri 

 Hills, G800 feet, June to September : numerous specimens. 



Somewhat allied to the European E. minuta, but slightly larger 

 and with less defined markings. 



Zerenid^e. 

 Abraxas luteolaria, n. sp. 



Ochreous yellow, markings black : fore wings, costa with black 

 dots and marks, the entire wing irrorated with black atoms ; three sub- 

 basal costal marks like the commencement of bands, and two complete 

 bands — one antemedial but very near the middle, the other discal ; 

 the first bent towards the costa, the other nearly straight and 

 inclining outwards ; a black rib within both bands on each vein ; fringe 

 interlined with black, giving the wing the appearance of a black 

 marginal line. 



Hind wings much paler whitish on the basal half, the irrorations 

 more sparse, and with two bands corresponding to the two complete 

 bands of the fore wings — the first incomplete, and on one specimen 

 hardly visible ; the other band composed of a streak on the hinder 

 margin, and a spot on each vein, forming a band corresponding with 

 the shape of the outer margin : head and body of the same yellow 

 colour as the fore wings ; head and thorax with some black dots ; 

 abdomen with a dorsal row of black spots and some on the sides. 



Below the wings are of a pale uniform dull yellow, irrorated and 

 marked as above ; body ochreous ; antennae and legs black. 



Expanse of wings 2 inches. 



Bab. Nilgiri. Hills. One pair, in perfect condition, received from 

 Mr. Hampson. 



Nearest to the Darjeeling A. irrorataria (P. Z. S. 18f»7, p. 652), 

 which is a yellowish species with black irrorations on the fore wings. 

 A. luteolaria differs in the fore wing being more densely irrorated, 

 and in the male having a well-formed medial and postmedial black- 

 ish band, and also a maculated baud on the hind wing, these bands 

 being less defined in the female. 



