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Show 682 MR. F. MOORE ON BENGALESE LEPIDOPTERA. [May 23, II. IMPLETA, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxi. Suppl. i. p. 286. In Coll. W . S. Atkinson, Esq. H. IMPERIALIS, Walk. ib. iii. p. 655. ALOA LACTINEA, Cram. t. 133. f. D. Bombyx sanguinea, Fabr. (Donovan, Ins. Ind. pl. 53). AMERILA ASTREA, Drury, Ins. ii. pl. 28. f. 4. In Coll. A. E. Russell. SPILOSOMA SUFFUSA, Walk. /. c. iii. p. 677. S. GOPARA, Moore, I. c. ii. p. 356, pl. 9 a. f. 11. ARCTIA IMBUTA, Walk. I. c. iii. p. 614. ALPHEA ABDOMINALIS, n. sp. Male and female. Differs from A. fulvohirta in having the spots larger and more regular in shape, and their interspaces jet-black ; the hind wing being ochreous yellow, with two marginal series of black spots, which are smaller and run more or less into one another; the thorax in front is jet-black, and has three rounded white spots and an oval spot above on each side, the tegulse or shoulder-piece having only a small black central spot; the abdomen is reddish ochreous, longer, and is not hairy, and has the tip, the anal tuft, and a dorsal and lateral row of spots jet-black. Expanse, cf 2, $ 2f inches. Darjeeling (Sherwill). In Coll. F. Moore. Fam. NOTODONTID^E. MENAPIA XANTHOPHILA, Walk. Cat. Lep. B. M. xxxii. Suppl. ii. p. 462. CYPHANTA XANTHOCHLORA, Walk. ib. xxxiii. Suppl. iii. p. 856. CETOLA DENTATA, Walk. ib. v. p. 1016. PHALERA SANGANA, Moore, Cat. Lep. E. I. C. ii. p. 433. P. GROTEI, Moore, ib. ii. p. 434. Calcutta. Larva feeds on Ceesalpinia and Cassia fistula.-A. Grote, Esq. P. COSSOIDES, Walk. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3rd ser. i. p. 80. Silhet. ICHTHYURA FULGURITA, Walk. Cat. Lep. B. M. xxxii Suppl ii p. 433. Calcutta. |