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Show 1888.] FROM THE HIMALAYAS. 399 ARTAXA SULPHURESCENS, n. sp. Allied to A. trifasciata (Moore, Desc. Lep. Coll. Atkinson, p. 51): fore wing comparatively longer and narrower. Wings dull sulphurescent-yellow ; hind wings palest, and in female almost white ; fore wing with a few brownish scales above middle of the posterior margin. Anal segments and tuft ochreous-yellow ; anal segments beneath black ; second joint of palpi blackish at the side. Expanse, 8 lfV 2 lya mch. Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum and F. Moore. DASYCHIRA DALBERGIiE, 11. Sp. Allied to D. inclusa. Male differs in having the fore wing longer and narrower, of a darker tint and grejer-speckled, transverse markings similar, excepting that the discal sinuous line is more oblique in position : hind wing pale cinereous brown. Female also differs in tbe shape of the fore wing, which is also darker and greyer-speckled ; the hind wing also being paler. Expanse, 8 If. 2 2f inches. Hab. Dharmsala (Hocking), Masuri (Lang). In coll. British Museum and F. Moore. Larva mottled with pale and dark brown ; two white oblique dorsal streaks on hind part of fourth segment, and a small white dorsal spot on tenth and eleventh segments ; each segment thickly tufted with brown radiating hairs, those on the second segment longest and projected over the head; on the fifth to eighth segments the dorsal tuft is ferruginous and more dense. Cocoon brown. "Feeds on the Sissoo (Dalbergia sissoo); May 5 to June 7, 3000 feet." (Hocking.) LYMANTRIA CARNECOLOR, n. sp. Allied to L. concolor. Male and female of a vinaceous-white tint: fore wing with similarly disposed but more slender and less distinct markings : hind wing whitish, with a very slight pale dusky interrupted sinuous submarginal fascia, and marginal and cilial spots. Abdomen yellow above. Expanse, 8 2, $ 3| inches. Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum and F. Moore. LYMANTRIA NIGRA, n. sp. Allied to L. marginata and L. pusilla. Male : fore wing with deep black transverse sinuous bands and spots, their interspaces dark vina-ceous umber-brown : hind wing entirely black. Head and thorax slightly spotted with ochreous ; abdomen ochreous, with black dorsal bands, lateral spots, and anal tuft. Female: fore wing with broad deep black confluent sinuous bands, their interspaces white: hind wing white, with a broad black marginal band, and a more or less distinct angular discocellular streak ; cilia alternated with white. Thorax white above, with black collar and central spots ; head white in |