CISPIA. — RATARDA. 493 



1127. Cispia alba, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 401 ; id. Lep.Ceijl. ii, pi. 114, 



figs. 2, 2 a, b (larva) ; C. <§• S. no. 1085. 



White ; tegulse and thorax spotted with black. Abdomen with 

 dorsal and lateral series of black spots. Wings semidiaphanous. 

 Fore wing with three black basal spots ; an angled anternedial 

 line ; a black striga at upper angle of cell ; an oblique line from 

 near apex to centre of inner margin ; both wings with a marginal 

 series of black spots. 



Larva pale green, sparsely clothed with black and brown hair, 

 the anterior and posterior tufts of hair long; the lateral tufts 

 arising from three series of red tubercles ; some slender dorsal and 

 lateral white lines ; a whitish spot in front of each dorsal tuft. 



Pupa bluish grey and hairy, with black lines on bead and front, 

 and strigae on the somites. 



Hab. Ceylon. Exp., 6 44, $ 66 millim. 



Sect. II. Hind tibiae with one pair of spurs. Hind wing with 

 veins 6 and 7 from cell. 



1128. Cispia puncticilia, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1872, p. 575 ; C. # S. no. 3745. 



White ; the branches of antennae brownish ; legs streaked with 

 black. Wings semidiaphanous. Fore wing with a black line 

 along the basal half of costa : a spot at middle of cell, and six 

 spots on cilia. Hind wing with a black apical spot on cilia. 



Hab. Nilgiris. Exp., S 30, $ 34 millim. 



Sect. III. Hind tibiae without spurs. Hind wing with veins 

 6 and 7 on a long stalk ; palpi minute. 



1129. Cispia flavipes, n. sp. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen white ; legs orange-yellow. 

 Wings semidiaphanous white. Fore wing with the basal three- 

 fourths of costa black, the apical portion spotted with black ; both 

 wings with a black spot on discocellulars and marginal series of 

 spots. 



Hab. Sikhim. Exp. 52 millim. Type in coll. Elwes. 



Genus RATARDA. 

 Ratarda, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 392. 



Type, R. marmorata, Moore. 



Range. Sikhim. 



Palpi minute and porrect ; antennae bipectinate in male, serrate 

 in female. Frenulum absent. Wings long and narrow. Fore 

 wing with vein 1 c present ; the veins bent ; 3 from before angle 

 of cell ; 5 from above angle ; 6 from middle of discocellulars ; 7 



