LEPTOJANA. — DEEATA. 69 



Leptojana lineata. (Plate XCVII. fig. 5.) 



$ . Dreata lineata, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. iv. p. 907. n. 11 (1855). 

 Messata lineata <5 , Walker, 1. c. v. p. 1108. n. 2 (1855). 



Pale buff, the wings crossed by a very slightly sinuated dark-brown discal line ; head, 

 prothorax, and base of primaries ochraceous ; abdomen testaceous. Under surface slightly 

 paler, the brown line considerably paler ; legs ochreous. Expanse of wings 2 inches 7 lines. 



North India. 



Walker originally described this species correctly as a female; but, having omitted to 

 label it, he subsequently described it as a male. When arranging the Collection he placed 

 the specimen under the genus in which it was first described. 



PACHYJANA, gen. nov. 



Allied to Eupterote and Jana, but the wings shorter and comparatively broader ; the 

 antennae distinctly shorter and more curved than in Eupterote, primaries more woolly below. 

 Type P. undans. 



Pachyjana undans. (Plate XCVII. fig. 6.) 

 Dreata undans, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. iv. p. 905. n. 7 (1855). 



Pale sandy brown : primaries crossed by seven zigzag purplish-brown stripes, of which 

 the fourth and fifth coalesce below the middle of the wing, the first, second, and fifth wider 

 than the others ; fringe slightly yellower than the rest of the wing : secondaries whitish, with 

 a central stripe, indications of two subbasal stripes, and a broad external border with zigzag 

 inner edge brownish; fringe as in the primaries: thorax pale brown; head and abdomen 

 testaceous. Under surface testaceous : wings crossed by a brown squamose discal stripe and 

 two or three ill-defined parallel stripes between the latter and the base. Expanse of wings 

 2 inches 6 lines. 



Himalayas. 



DREATA, Walker. 



This genus must be restricted to D. hades, the first species treated of by Mr. Walker in 

 his tabulation of the forms associated under the name Dreata. It differs from Eupterote in its 

 shorter curved antennae, the pectinations of which are shorter, and in the shorter costal margin 

 of the primaries, which is more distinctly convex towards the apex *. 



* It has been proposed to regard D. eclulis as type ; but, apart from the fact that Walker was 

 doubtful about his identification of this species, it is more natural that one of his own species should be 

 chosen for type of his genus. 



