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Show 634 MR. F. MOORE ON BENGALESE LEPIDOPTERA. [May 23, domen pale luteous. Underside white, the base bright yellow; a black discal spot on fore wing; a submarginal black band confluent with the outer border below the apex on both wings. Expanse 2 inches. Bengal (Sherwill). In Coll. F. Moore. H. LEOPARDINATA, n. Sp. Male yellow : fore wing nearly covered with short transverse black strigse ; a black streak at the base; two medial irregular transverse broad blotchy black-fleckled bands, between which is a narrow black oblique discal spot, the exterior band being bordered by reddish brown; exterior margin of the wing with black strigse and yellow spots : hind wing with the base and a medially interrupted submarginal band blackish cinereous, the latter having similar-coloured exterior strigse; a marginal line of black lunular spots. Head and body yellowish. Underside yellow, with large blackish-cinereous discal spot and interrupted submarginal bands. Expanse 2g inches. Bengal. In Coll. F. Moore. Genus BARGOSA, Walk. Petelia, H.-Schseff. BARGOSA FASCIATA, n. sp. (Pl. XXXII. fig. 8.) Female chocolate-brown, with numerous short transverse darker strigse, those on the costa being blackish; four or five transverse diffused greyish fasciae, the last two on the submargin of the fore wing crossed before reaching the costa, the others being straight; a grey-centred blackish discal spot; a marginal row of black dots. Underside pale greyish brown, with short brown strigse, blackish discal spot, and broad marginal brown band ; exterior margin with row of blackish dots. Expanse ly6^ inch. Bengal. In Coll. A. E. Russell; F. Moore. XANDRAMES, n. g., Moore. Palpi small, densely pilose, porrect; third joint minute, conical, hardly visible. Antennse rather long, pectinated in both sexes. Legs slender, smooth; hind tibiae incrassated in the middle, with four apical spurs. Body robust. Abdomen long, extending to the length of hind wing. Wings large, broad: fore wing elongate, trigonal ; costa convex towards the apex, which is somewhat acute ; exterior margin very oblique, nearly straight: hind wing rounded exteriorly, slightly produced in the middle. XANDRAMES DHOLARIA, n. sp. Male and female dark cupreous brown : fore wing with numerous blackish short transverse strigse along the costa, and others of a blackish brown and narrower, disposed closely, and broadly extending |