44 F. Moore — Lescriptions of some new Genera and [No. 1, 



three subapical white spots, the inner border of the band being less exca- 

 vated below the costa, the excavated space being shorter and angular on 

 the middle median, more deeply concave beneath it, and the end entirely- 

 black to the sabmedian vein : hind wing with a broader continuous black 

 band, the inner border of which is acutely dentated. Underside : fore- 

 wing with the basal area tinged with yellow, the discal area olivaceous- 

 white, and the apex glossy olivaceous- white ; a broad curved subapical 

 black band corresponding to the inner portion on the upperside : hind- 

 wing entirely pale glossy olivaceous-white. 

 Expanse <?, ? 2f inches. 



Hab. Coonoor, Nilgiris, S. India (Ward and Lindsay). In coll. 

 Indian Museum, Calcutta, and F. Moore. 



Catophaga eoepstoeffii, n. sp. 



Male. Upperside white : fore wing slightly grey and sparsely black- 

 scaled along base of costal border ; a black speckled spot between upper 

 and middle median veins. Hind wing immaculate. Underside : fore- 

 wing white, apex very pale yellow ; the black-speckled spot as above : 

 hindwing very pale yellow. 



Expanse 2f inches. 



Hab. Nicobar Isles. In coll. Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



Near to O. jpaulina. Male. Differs from the same sex of that spe- 

 cies in the entire absence of the blackish apical margin on the forewing, 

 and in the presence of the discal spot. 



Genus Ixias, Hiibner. 



IXIAS GANDUCA, n. sp. 



Male and female. Upperside deep sulphur-yellow : male : forewing 

 with the apex brownish black traversed by a moderately broad orange- 

 red subapical band, the inner border of the band being very slightly 

 edged with black : hindwing with a very slender black- speckled marginal 

 band. 



Female : forewing with a narrower and more irregular-bordered sub- 

 apical band, which is slightly tinged with orange-yellow, the inner border 

 of the band is broadly black across end of the cell, and from the upper 

 median to the indentation of the lower portion of the band the border 

 consists of a very slender black-speckled line, the lower portion of the 

 band is indented with black, the next upper interspace has a medial black 

 spot, and the third upper interspace is broken by a large black spot : 

 hindwing with a broader dentate -bordered black marginal band. Under- 



