400 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW LEPIDOPTERA [JuTlC 19, 



front ; A'ertex ochreous ; abdomen ochreous, with black dorsal band 

 and lateral spots. 



Expanse, c? 1 yo", $ 2^ inches. 



Hab. Kangra Valley. In coll. British Museum. 



"Taken in copula, on the bark of a mango-tree." {Hocking.) 



f am. NOTODONTID^. 



Heterocampa basistriga, n. sp. 



Male and Female. Fore wing ochreous-grey, black-speckled ; 

 crossed by a subbasal zigzag grey-speckled duplex black line, from 

 which an oblique black streak extends below the cell to base of 

 wing ; an oblique discal zigzag grey-speckled black fascia, a sub- 

 marginal row of similar dentate spots, and a marginal row of larger 

 quadrate spots ; a lunule also at end of the cell : hind wing 

 cinereous-white in male, darker in fem.ale, costal border brownish. 

 Thorax, head, palpi, and legs hoary ; abdomen cinereous-brown ; 

 tarsi with pale bands. 



Expanse, <S 1§, $ 2g inches. 



Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. Taken at sugar. 

 Bare. 



Stauropus berberiSjE, n. sp. 



Dark grey : fore wing with a subbasal-outwardly oblique zigzag 

 duplex black line traversed by pale grey ; a pale grey-speckled black 

 discocelliilar lunule, a small spot within the cell, and a spot below it, 

 a submarginal zigzag series of black dentate spots, and a marginal 

 row of similar spots, both series with inner grey-speckled borders : 

 hind wing pale grey on posterior half, the anterior half dark grey 

 traversed by black sinuous marks ; a marginal row of pale-bordered 

 darker lunules. Female darker grey ; markings as in male. Body 

 dark grey. 



Expanse, c? liijj 2 2jL- inches. 



Hab. Dharmsala (6200 feet, Hocking), Umballa district {Reed). 

 In coil. British Museum and F. Moore. 



This is a darker insect than S. alternus, the markings of which 

 differ in being reddish-brown. It is also distinct from 5'. indicus. 



Larva brownish-ochreous, minutely spotted with dark brown, 

 forming a darker band along the back, which is traversed by a 

 central pale yellow slender line, and bordered by a lateral line ; and 

 on the side are two dark bands angulated dowjiwards towards the 

 claspers ; sides of head dark brown ; penultimate swollen segment 

 edged with black spines ; fore legs black banded ; some larvae are 

 entirely dark brown. 



"July ir>, 6200 feet. Larva on wild barberry, Khaint and 

 Kusmul, the wild pear. Other larvae on August 3rd. Remained in 

 pupa 18 days." {Hocking.) 



Certjra himalayana, n. sp. 



Allied to C. vinula. Differs in being of a slightly darker grey 

 tint: fore wing with the transverse subbasal series of black spots 



