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Show 52 MR. F. MOORE ON BENGALESE LEPIDOPTERA. [J Genus C A L O G R A M M A , Guen. C A L O G R A M M A FESTIVA, Donov. Epit. Ins. New HolL C. picta, Guen. Noct. i. p. 166 (Voy. Coquille, ii. pl. 19. f. 7). Larva feeds on Crinum and Liliaceous plants.-A. Grote, Esq. Fam. EPISEMID.E. Genus HELIOPHOBUS, Boisd. H E L I O P H O B U S DISSECTUS, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxii. Suppl. ii. p. 656. Fam. APAMID^E. Genus MAMESTRA, Ochs. M A M E S T R A INFAUSTA, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. ix. Noct. p. 237. Silhet. M. CHALYBEATA, Walk. ib. xxxii. Suppl. ii. p. 665. Darjeeling (W. S. Atkinson). M. METALLICA, Walk. ib. p. 666. Darjeeling (W. S. Atkinson). M. NIGROCUPREA, n. sp. Male glossy blackish cupreous: fore wing with indistinct black transverse subbasal, discal, and submarginal lunulated lines ; orbicular and reniform marks black, the latter partly pale-centred : hind wing pale cupreous brown, darkest exteriorly. Abdomen brown. Expanse 1\ inch. Bengal. In Coll. A. E. Russell; F. Moore. M. SUFFUSA, n. sp. Male and female dark glossy fawn-coloured brown, suffused with chalybeous : fore wing with two transverse subbasal blackish sinuous lines ; orbicular marks within the cell and three discal lunulated lines, a submarginal pale outer-bordered dark wavy line, and a marginal row of blackish points bordered within with chalybeous speckles. Reniform mark white in the male, pale brown in the female. Head and thorax dark brown. Hind wing and abdomen pale fawn-coloured brown ; anal tuft pale ferruginous brown. Cilia greyish brown. Expanse, f If, $ 2 inches.' Bengal. In Coll. A. E. Russell; F. Moore. M. ALBOMACULATA, n. sp. Male and female dark fawn-coloured brown : fore wing with several indistinct blackish transverse lunulated lines more or less bordered with whitish speckles; a series of small spots along the costa, large irregular-shaped reniform mark, a marginal row of dots, |