at magna.
_Pedes_ breves, nudi, sat validi, calcaribus robustis sat longis. _Alae_
breviusculae, sat angustae; anticae apud costam convexae, apice rotundatae,
margine exteriore perobliquo.

Allied to _Lemyra_ (Cat. Lep. Het. vii. 1690).

_Female._ Body rather stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi porrect,
short, not extending beyond the head; third joint elongate-conical,
acute, about half the length of the second. Antennae setaceous, simple,
very slender, full half the length of the body. Abdomen nearly conical,
extending somewhat beyond the hind wings; anal appendages rather large.
Legs short, bare, rather stout; spurs stout, rather long. Wings rather
short and narrow; fore wings convex along the costa, rounded at the
tips, extremely oblique along the exterior border.

16. DARANTASIA CUNEIPLENA, n. s. _Mas._ Nigra; corpore subtus, capite,
thoracis fasciis duabus anticis maculaque postica abdominisque fasciis
posticis luteis; pedibus luteis, tibiis supra nigris; alis anticis luteo
octo-strigatis, posticis luteo strigatis.

_Male._ Black, mostly luteous beneath. Head luteous. Thorax with two
luteous bands in front, and with a luteous spot hindward. Abdomen with
luteous bands hindward. Legs luteous; tibiae black above. Fore wings with
eight wedge-shaped luteous streaks, of which three are near the base,
two subcostal, two hindward, and one submarginal and transverse. Hind
wings with three luteous streaks, of which the first and second are
connected exteriorly, and the third is short, broad, and submarginal.
Length of the body 3-1/2 lines; of the wings 8 lines.

Fam. LIPARIDAE, _Boisduval_.

Gen. ARTAXA, _Walk._

17. ARTAXA VARIANS, _Walk. Cat. Lep. Het._ iv. 796.

Inhabits also West Africa, Hindostan, and China.

Gen. PANTANA, _Walk._

18. PANTANA BICOLOR, _Walk. Cat. Lep. Het._ iv. 820.

_Note._--_P. dispar_, a native of Hindostan, and _P. ampla_, a native of
China, may be varieties of this species.

Fam. NOTODONTIDAE, _Stephens_.

Gen. DARABITTA, n. g.

_Foem._ _Corpus_ vix robustum. _Proboscis_ brevis. _Palpi_ longiusculi,
oblique ascendentes, non pilosi. _Antennae_ validae, subcompressae,
breviusculae, simplices. _Abdomen_ conicum, alas posticas non superans.
_Pedes_ squamosi, laeves, brevinusculi, sat graciles, calcaribus longis.
_Alae_ latiusculae, non longae; anticae apud costam rectae, apice
subrotundatae, margine exteriore vix convexo.

This genus hardly belongs to the _Notodontidae_; bu