1888.] FROM THE HIMALAYAS. 399 



Artaxa sulphurescens, n. sp. 



Allied to A. trifasciata (Moore, Desc. Lep. Coll. Atkinson, 

 p. 51): fere wing comparatively longer and narrower. Wings dull 

 sulphurescent-yellow ; hind wings palest, and in female alm.ost white ; 

 fore wing with a few brownish scales above middle of the posterior 

 margin. Anal segments and tuft ochreous-yellow ; anal segments 

 beneath black ; second joint of palpi blackish at the side. 



Expanse, S If'^, $ lyf inch. 



Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum and F. Moore. 



Dasychira dalbergi^, n. sp. 



Allied to B. inclusa. 3Iale differs in having the fore wing longer 

 and narrower, of a darker tint and greyer-speckled, transverse 

 markings similar, excepting that the discal sinuous line is more 

 oblique in position : hind wing pale cinereous brown. Female also 

 differs in the shape of the fore wing, whicli is also darker and greyer- 

 speckled ; the hind wing also being paler. 



Expanse, c? 1|-, $ 2| inches. 



Hab. Dharmsala (Hocking), Masuri {Lang), In coll. British 

 Museum and F. Moore. 



Larva mottled with pale and dark brown ; two white oblique 

 dorsal streaks on hind part of fourth segment, and a small white 

 dorsal spot on tenth and eleventh segments ; each segment thickly 

 tufted with brown radiating hairs, those on the second segment 

 longest and projected over the head ; ou the fifth to eighth 

 segments the dorsal tuft is ferruginous and more dense. Cocoon 

 brown. 



" Feeds on the Sissoo (JDalberc/ia sissou) ; May 5 to June 7, 3000 

 feet." {Hocking.) 



LyMANTRIA CARNECOLOR, n. Sp. 



Allied to L. concolor. Male and female of a vinaceous-white 

 tint : fore wing with similarly disposed but more slender and less 

 distinct markings : hind wing whitish, with a very slight pale dusky 

 interruj)ted sinuous submarginal fascia, and marginal and cilial spots. 

 Abdomen yellow above. 



Expanse, J 2, 5 3j inches. 



Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum and F. Moore. 



Lymantria nigra, n. sp. 



Allied to L. marginata and L. pusilla. Male : fore wing with deep 

 black transverse sinuous bands and spots, their interspaces dark vina- 

 ceous umber-brown : hind wing entirely black. Head and thorax 

 slightly spotted with ochreous ; abdomen ochreous, with black dorsal 

 bands, lateral spots, and anal tuft. Female : fore wing with hroad 

 deep black confluent sinuous bands, their interspaces white : hind wing 

 white, with a broad black marginal band, and a more or less distinct 

 angular discocellular streak ; cilia alternated with white. Thorax 

 white above, with black collar and central spots ; head white in 



