142 NOTODOSTIDJE. 



nent towards apex. Hind wing stnoky grey, the margin and cilia 

 ochreous. Underside yellow, the disk and inner area of both wings 

 suffused with black. 

 Hab. Sikhim. Exp., 3 Q2, $ 64 millim. 



242. Pydna nigropuncta, n. sp. 



3 • Head, thorax, and abdomen brown. Fore wing pale 

 brownish ochreous, with a slight red-brown suffusion ; traces of 

 waved ante- and postmedial red-brown lines, two indistinct series 

 of postmedial specks on the nervules ; a prominent dark spot 

 below vein 5, with a red-brown streak from it to the apex ; traces 

 of a submarginal line ; a marginal series of black specks. Hind 

 wing fuscous, the cilia ochreous. Underside fuscous; the costa 

 of fore wing and outer margin of both wings yellow. 



Hab. Sikhim (Moller). Exp. 46 millim. Type in coll. Elwes. 



243. Pydna nigrofasciata, n. sp. 



3 . Differs from nigropuncta in being pale olive-brown without 

 the red-brown suffusion. Fore wing with a prominent black fascia 

 from the base to near centre of outer margin, with some fuscous 

 suffusion above it ; a short black oblique subapical streak ; the 

 marginal series of specks indistinct. Hind wing paler. Under- 

 side with the outer margin of both wings slightly ochreous. 

 Hab. Sikhim {Elwes). Exp. 47 millim. Type in coll. Elwes. 



*^44. Pydna basistriga, Moore, Zep. Atk. p. 65 ; C. $ S. no. 1143. 



3 . Differs from nigropuncta in having the head, thorax, abdo- 

 men, and fore wing pale yellow; the hind whig whitish. 

 Hab. Sikhim. Exp. 56 millim. 



B. Male with the antennae bipectinate, the branches long. 



245. Pydna ferrifera, Wlh. Cat. xxxii, p. 468 : C. $ S. no. 1115. 

 Ceira junctura, Moore, Zep. Atk. p. 65; C. fy S. no. 1145. 

 Ceira postica, Moore, Zep. Atk. p. 66 ; C. $■ S. no. 1148. 



3 . Yellowish white ; differs from longivitta in the band of 

 the fore wing being much more diffused and ill defined ; the veins 

 streaked with ferruginous ; the inner series of submarginal specks 

 curved to the centre of inner margin ; the cilia pale. Hind wing 

 yellowish white. 



Hab. Sikhim. Exp. 48 millim. 



Genus EAMESA. 



Eamesa, Wlh. Cat. v, p. 1016 (1855). 



Type, B. tosta, "Wlk. . 



Range. Sikhim ; Burma ; Ceylon. 



Palpi obliquely porrect, the second joint hairy. Antennae 



