398 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW LEPIDOPTERA [JuDC 19, 



short distance from above its base and terminating at the apex, 

 fourth at two thirds from base of the third ; fifth from end of the 

 cell, curving upward and touching third near its base ; cell broad, 

 extending nearl}' two thirds the wing ; discocellular concave ; radial 

 and upper median from lower end of the cell, middle median from 

 angle close to end of the cell, lower median at one third before the 

 end ; submedian at a wide distance from the median. Hind wing 

 short, triangularly-ovate ; apex and exterior margin convex ; 

 abdominal margin short ; costal vein looped to subcostal near its 

 base ; subcostal bent upward to costal at one third from its base, 

 two subcostal branches on a footstalk one third beyond end of the 

 cell ; discocellular obhque, radial from slight angle near its lower end ; 

 cell broad ; two upper medians from immediately beyond end of 

 the cell ; lower median at one fourth before the end ; submedian 

 and internal vein straight. Body short, densely pilose ; antennae 

 bipectinated ; palpi laxly pilose ; legs thick, slightly pilose. 



Lachana ladakensis, n. sp. 



Male. Brownish-ochreous ; fore wing numerously covered with 

 dark sepia-brown scales, which are most thickly disposed on the 

 basal and external area, across which extends a darker snbbasal and 

 a discal zigzag fascia. ; a distinct dark-brown Innular spot at end of 

 the cell : hind wing sepia-brown, darkest externally and indistinctly 

 forming a darker marginal band ; cilia brownish-ochreous. Body 

 umber-brown, hairs brownish-grey ; frontal tuft and palpi grey ; 

 antenna reddish-brown, shaft greyish ; fore and middle tibiae and 

 tarsi reddish-brown. 



Expanse I inch. 



Hab. Ladak. In coll. British Museum. 



Procodeca umbrina, n. sp. 



Male. Fore wing reddish umber-brown, with a curved discal series 

 of six small black spots : hind wing and abdomen dull sepia-brown ; 

 thorax reddish umber-brown ; palpi, foie legs above, and tarsi 

 brownish-ochreous. Underside dull umber-brown. 



Expanse i/^ inch. 



Hab. KuUu. In coll. British Museum. 



Larva violet-grey, each segment tufted with similar coloured hair, 

 except the dorsal tufts on fourth to eighth segments, on which the 

 hairs are blackish at the base and pale ferruginous at the tip ; head 

 shining black. 



"Found under stones, March." (Hoc/cing.) 



EUPROCTIS ABDOMINALIS, H. Sp. 



Male and Female. Cream-white ; abdomen blackish ; anal tuft 

 ocbreous ; legs white. 



Expanse, S 1^0' 5 ^To '"^h- 



Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. 



Allied to E. postica. Wings comparatively longer and narrower. 



