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Show 1878.] MR. F. MOORE ON THE LITHOSI1D.E. 7 B B. Fore wing with a recumbent plumose lappet: Teulisna, Macotasa, Zadadra, Prabhasa, Gampola. C. Fore wing with subcostal vein four-branched, median vein Mree-branched:- Pelosia. D. Fore wing with a plumose, lappet-covered, sac-like cavity on the costal border; five subcostal and three median branches: Doliche, Bizone, Cyana. E. Aberrant group: fore wing viithfive subcostal and four median branches: Baroa, Agrisius, Lyclene, Barsine, Miltochrista, Setinochroa, Setina, Nudaria, GEmene. GROUP A. Fore wing with subcostal vein FiYE-branched, median vein FOUR-branched. ELIGMA, Hiibner. Eligma, Hiion. Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 164 (1816). Panglima, Moore, Catal. Lep. E.I C. ii. p. 297 (1858). Surina, Walk. Tr. Nat.-Hist. Soc. Glasgow, i. p. 9 (1869). Fore wing-first subcostal branch free; second from near end of the cell, trifurcate ; fifth from end of the cell, bent up and with a short spur looped to third close to its base ; radial from end of the cell; discocellulars bent, upper longest; median vein four-branched, angled at end of the cell, two upper branches from the front and third from angle below the end, fourth from beyond half towards the base. Hind wing-two subcostal branches, and three upper median branches from end of the cell- Type, E. narcissus (P. narcissus, Cram. Lep. Exot. i. pl. 73. f. E, F). China, Java, Penang, S. India. MACROBROCHIS, H.-S. Macrobrochis, H.-Schaeff. Lep. Exot. Sp. Nov. pl. 72. fig. 531 (1856). Fore wing-first subcostal branch free, curving upwards at its base towards costal vein ; second from near end of the cell, trifurcate ; fifth from end of the cell, bent upward and with a short spur looped to third near its base; radial starting from fifth subcostal branch beyond the cell; upper and lower discocellulars bent inward at very oblique angles ; median vein bent upward near end of cell, four-branched, two upper from point at end of the cell, third from angle below its end. Hind wing-two subcostal and two upper median branches from beyond end of the cell, third median below its end. Type, M. gigas (Lithosia gigas, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M . ii. p. 494, 1854 ; M. interstilialis, H.-S. /. c. f. 531)". |