_Female._ Pale luteous. Thorax with six black dots. Wings narrower than in the other species of this genus, with black dots, of which the most part are towards the exterior border, where they form two irregular lines, and are somewhat confluent on the under side; fringe whitish, shining. Fore wings with four short transverse various black streaks, of which the first and the second form an interrupted line. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. Gen. DARANTASIA, n. g. _Foem. Corpus_ sat robustum. _Proboscis_ distincta. _Palpi_ porrecti, breves, caput non superantes; articulus tertius longiconicus, acutus, secundi dimidio non longior. _Antennae_ setaceae, simplices, gracillimae. _Abdomen_ subconicum, alas posticas superans; sexualia sat 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.