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Show 1878.] MR. F. MOORE ON THE LITHOSIID^E. 19 bent in the middle ; median vein three-branched, two upper from end of the cell. Hind wing-two subcostal branches; discocellulars very slender, scarcely visible, two upper median branches. CHRYSORABDIA VIRIDATA. (Plate II. fig. 1, J .) Lithosia viridata, Walk. Catal. Lep. B. M . Suppl. p. 225. Darjiling. CAPISSA, n. g. Fore wing long, narrow ; costa arched before the apex, exterior margin oblique and convex, hind margin slightly convex near the base. Male with a longitudinal fold below the cell1, where the scales are raised and rough; cell short, narrow; discocellulars of equal length, bent inward ; first subcostal branch very short, oblique, anastomosed to costal; second immediately before end of the cell; third at its end, and trifurcate ; radial from beyond end of the cell, starting from the third branch of subcostal near its base ; median vein straight, three-branched, two upper from beyond end of the cell; submedian slightly recurved. Hind wing long, broad, apex produced, the male having the scales on the disk raised and rough ; two subcostal and two median branches beyond end of the cell; discocellulars bent inward, upper the longest. Body long, slender, extending beyond hind wing. Antennae minutely pectinate in male, setose in female. Palpi prominent, pilose at base, apex slender. Legs long, slender. CAPISSA INNOTATA. (Plate II. fig. 2, S •) Lithosia innotata, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 352. N.W. Himalayas. This genus will also include L. vagesa, Moore, from the Khasia hills, L. insolita, Walk., from China, L. nigripars, Walk., from N. India, and L. sambara, Moore, from Java. CAPISSA AURIFLAVA, n. sp. Female. Fore wing deep golden-yellow ; hind wing and abdomen paler. Underside of fore wing greyish at the base ; femur, tibia, and tarsal joints with a black terminal band; palpi black at tip ; antennae yellow. Expanse ly8^ inch. Katmandu, Nepal (General Ramsay). In coll. F. Moore. Allied to C. vagesa (Lithosia vagesa, Moore, Catal. Lep. E.I. C. ii. p. 304), but is of a deeper colour, and the legs are banded only with black, whereas in C. vagesa the legs are entirely black. CAPISSA PALLENS, n. sp. (Plate II. fig. 3.) Female. Pale whitish ochreous ; fore wing glossy, costal edge ochreous. Thorax, palpi, and abdomen beneath ochreous; legs dusky brown above; palpi brown at tip; antennae brown. Underside- costal border of both wings brighter-coloured ; middle of fore wing pale ochreous brown. 1 Probably a sound-producing apparatus. 2* |