52 lipaeid^:. 



from the median vein just before the emission of its first branch to inner margin, -where it 

 curves outwards and unites with a similarly coloured, sinuated, oblique discal stripe, which runs 

 to the subcostal vein : secondaries pale ochraceous : head and collar bright ochreous ; pecti- 

 nations of antennae, thorax, and abdomen testaceous ; anal tuft pale ochreous. Under surface 

 pale creamy buff ; secondaries with a black dot at the end of the cell. Expanse of wings 

 1 inch 10 lines. 



North India ; Darjiling (Lidderdale) . 



Chaerotriche immacnlata. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 14.) 



? . Primaries above bright ochreous, with a few ferruginous scales forming an oblique 

 indistinct streak across the lower half of the disk : secondaries pale creamy yellowish : body 

 ochreous, becoming almost testaceous towards the extremity of the abdomen ; antennae whitish, 

 with testaceous pectinations. Under surface shining cream-coloured, venter with the sides 

 and anus ochraceous. Expanse of wings 2 inches 3 lines. 

 Darjiling (Lidderdale). 



PIDA, Walk. 



Pida apicalis. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 15.) 

 Pida apicalis, Walker, Cat. Lep. Set. Suppl. ii. p. 400 (1865). 



Primaries testaceous, with the apical area broadly pale chrome-yellow, limited internally 

 by a broad, somewhat diffused, dark-brown obhque belt traversed by whitish veins ; two 

 central widely separated irregular white stripes, the outer one abbreviated : secondaries pale 

 chrome-yellow ; the abdominal area clothed with testaceous hair : head and thorax testaceous, 

 palpi orange : abdomen chocolate-brown, greyish towards the base ; anal tuft bright ochreous. 

 Under surface pale creamy buff; venter blackish in the centre ; anal segment and tuft orange ; 

 base of abdomen white ; pectus whitish ; anterior legs orange in front. Expanse of wings 

 2 inches 5 lines. 



Darjiling. 



ARTAXA, Walk. 



Artaxa scintillans. (Plate XC. fig. 1.) 



Somena scintillans, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. vii. p. 1734 (1856). 



Primaries above red-brown, with a feeble lilacine reflection, speckled with black dots ; 

 the costal and external borders sulphur-yellow, the costal border not extending to the base, 

 the external border undulated and dotted with silver spangles along its inner edge : secondaries 



