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Show 694 MR. F. M O O R E O N N E W HESPERIDAE. [June 18, between the subcostal branches, the others between the upper branches. Body and legs beneath speckled with ochreous-green. Expanse liinch. . , „ Hub. Masuri, N.W. Himalaya. In coll. Major Lang and r. Moore. « On clover, June, 7000 feet " (MS. note). THANAOS STIGMATA, n. sp. Male and Female. Upperside glossy olive-brown : fore wing with a short black bar or brand of raised scales obliquely above middle ot hind margin, and a very indistinct upper discal slightly curved row of six small pale spots; cilia whitish-cinereous, with slight brown bars. Underside paler ; costal border of fore wing, veins, and basal interspaces of hind wing speckled with greenish-grey ; fore wing with whitish discal maculated band as above, but more distinct, a spot at end of the cell, and a marginal row of lunules less distinct ; hind wing with a distinct whitish cell-spot and a submarginal and marginal lunular band. Female without the raised bar, and the discal band above less distinct. Expanse, 3 1 inch, $ & inch. . Hab. Masuri (7000 feet), N.W. Himalaya. In coll. Major Lang and F. Moore. "Common in clover-fields" (Lang). THANAOS INDISTINCTA, n. sp. Upperside uniform olive-brown; cilia edged with cinereous : fore wing with a very indistinct grey-speckled submarginal and marginal line : hind wing with indistinct grey-speckled veins, basal interspaces, and two outer indistinct lunular bands. Palpi and body greyish-white beneath. Expanse f% inch. Hab. Salween, Moulmain (Lieut. B. C. Bevan). In coll. t. Moore. THANAOS OBSOLETA, n. sp. Allied to T. stigmata. Differs above in the absence of the short black oblique bar or brand on the fore wing ; the maculated band being slightly more prominent. Underside similarly speckled, the bands on hind wing not lunular, but composed of a slightly broader series of spots ; some spots also present around the cell-spot. Expanse \\ inch. Hab. Cherra Punji, Assam (Atkinson). In coll. Dr. Staudinger. EXPLANATION OF PLATE XLV. Fig. 1. Halpe radians, n. sp., p. 690. 2. Calliana pieridoides, n. sp., p. 687. 3. Isoteinon masuriensis 3, n- sp., p. 693. 4. Hesperia narooa 3> n- sP-> P- 687. 5. subgrisea <? , n. sp., p. 689. |
