72 LASIOCAMPID^. 



duller in the middle : front legs above and tarsi of all the legs dark brown. Expanse of wings 

 6 inches 4 lines. 



Darjiling {Lidderdale) . 



The locality of the typical specimen was not known. 



ODONESTIS, Germ. 



Odonestis latipennis. (Plate XCIX. figs. 1, 2.) 

 Lebeda latipennis, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. vi. p. 1457. n. 4 (1855). 



Primaries above pale fuliginous brown, with dusky bordered central belt widening towards 

 the costa ; interno-basal area and external border broadly greyish ; a dusky subbasal stripe, on 

 the inner margin of which is a small white discoidal stigma; a dusky stripe across the disk, 

 followed by eight blackish-spotted clay-coloured spots, a similar spot near the base of the cell : 

 secondaries reddish brown, redder in the male than in the female : thorax shining greyish 

 brown, abdomen reddish brown. Under surface fuliginous brown, the wings in the male 

 whity brown, with three parallel dusky discal stripes, of which the outermost one is very 

 indistinct. Expanse of wings, $ 3 inches 1 line, $ 5 inches. 

 <S , North India ; ? , Darjiling {Lidderdale) . 



Odonestis ampla. (Plate XCIX. figs. 3 & 4.) 



$ . Odenestis ampla, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. vi. p. 1412. n. 4 (1855). 

 S . Lebeda ferruginea, Walker, I. c. p. 1458. n. 5 (1855). 



(S . Ferruginous, with dusky lines across the primaries and discoidal stigma as in the 

 preceding species, but with an indication of a series of spots beyond the discal line ; the 

 discal series of spots much smaller and greyish ; central band slightly lilacine. Wings below 

 much paler than above, with a darker band just beyond the middle and two partly confluent 

 bands across the disk. Expanse of wings 3 inches 8 lines. 



2 . Primaries sandy brown, with the basi-internal area and central belt greyish ; the 

 spots beyond the undulated discal stripe more distinct than in the male ; the submarginal 

 discal series of spots with black centres : secondaries darker brown, with two indistinct fuli- 

 ginous bands, and a series of large spots beyond them across the disk ; external border broadly 

 sandy yellowish: thorax greyish; abdomen sandy brown. Wings below pale sandy brown, 

 with two very indistinct brown bands beyond the middle, followed by a series of blackish 

 spots, large and well-defined on the secondaries : body reddish. Expanse of wings 5 inches 

 5 lines. 



Silhet; Darjiling [Lidderdale). 



