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Show 18/8.] MR. F. MOORE ON THE LITHOSIID.E. 21 MlTHUNA, 11. g. Wings short, rather broad. Fore wing arched, apex pointed ; first branch of subcostal vein arising near end of the cell, short, oblique, anastomosing with costal but free at its end ; second branch quadrifid, the upper and lower branches starting together at one third beyond the cell; upper discocellular very short, lower curved inward ; radial from lower end of upper discocellular; two upper median branches starting at half distance beyond the cell, lower branch straight from one third before its end. Hind wing with subcostal and median branches at nearly one half length beyond the cell. Body short. Palpi small, pilose beneath. Antennae setulose. Legs smooth. MlTHUNA QUADRIPLAGA, n. sp. (Plate II. fig. 9.) Fore wing luteous brown, with a distinct dusky-brown median transverse band, which is angled outward at end of the cell, a similar band also crossing the disk ; outer margin with a series of dusky spots, which also indistinctly cross the cilia: hind wing pale luteous brown. Underside paler. Head and thorax brown. Expanse 1 inch. Darjiling (Atkinson). In coll. Dr. Staudinger and F. Moore. COSSA, Walker. Cossa, Walk. Catal. Lep. Het. B. M . pt. xxxii. p. 232 (1864). Male and female. Wings somewhat broad. Fore wing arched along the costa ; first subcostal branch short, very oblique, anastomosed to costal, second free, third from end of the cell, trifurcate ; discocellulars very oblique, angled at ends ; radial from upper angle; two upper median branches from one third beyond the cell. Type, C. basigera, Walk. I. c. S. India. COSSA QUADRISIGNATA, n. sp. (Plate II. fig. 10.) Male. Fore wing dark purplish brown, with slightly paler streaks along the veins ; costal border pale purplish cinereous, with two prominent short black streaks ; a small spot at end of the cell: hind wing and abdomen above pale brownish cinereous ; anal tuft slightly ochreous; thorax, head, abdomen beneath, and legs brown. Underside pale cinereous brown ; middle of fore wing brown. Expanse 1-^ inch. Darjiling (Atkinson). In coll. Dr. Staudinger. COSSA PALLIDA, n. sp. Male. Pale greyish ochreous: fore wing with two prominent short black broad streaks on the costa, the first subbasal, the other slightly beyond the middle ; a short, narrow, black streak at end of the cell: hind wing with a very indistinct dusky submarginal fascia. Abdomen greyish, tuft ochreous. Underside pale yellowish ochreous; middle of fore wing ochreous brown. Legs greyish brown above. Expanse 1-A- inch. Dharmsala (N.W. Himalaya). In coll. F. Moore. |