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Show 1878.] LEPIDOPTERA OF HAINAN. 705 and exterior margin very convex ; anal angle concave iu male, angled in female ; abdominal marginal long, nearly straight, fringed; two subcostal branches emitted beyond the cell; discocellulars very oblique, bent outward ; one radial from their angle; median three-branched, two upper from end of cell ; a submedian and internal vein. Body stout, with a dorsal crest and anal lateral tuft ; antennse short, bipectinate to near end; palpi very small ; legs very hairy aud tufted to end of tarsi. This genus is allied to Ocinara and Ernolatia, Walker, to Tri-locha, Moore, and to Bombyx (B. mori, Linn.). ARISTHALA HAINANA, n. sp. Female. Fore wing dark ferruginous ; posterior border brighter ferruginous ; discal area speckled with buff and purple-brown scales ; an oblique curved subbasal and two discal sinuous darker lines; a small bright-coloured ferruginous spot at end of the cell; exterior border speckled with chalybeous-white : hind wing yellowish-ferruginous, with short basal, median, and narrower discal purple-brown bands ; a subanal lunular white streak bordered above with purple-brown. Thorax dark ferruginous; abdomen greyish-ferruginous; head, legs, and body beneath brighter ferruginous. Underside bright ferruginous: fore wing palest at base : exterior border dusky and white-speckled ; one blackish transverse discal line: hind wing with outer curved discal line, two discocellular spots, and indistinct median fascia; anal angle speckled with dusky-brown aud white. Expanse 2 inches. Hab. Hainan. In coll. F. Moore. A closely allied species of this genus, from which the generic characters of the male have been taken, is found in the Sikkim Himalayas. LIPARIDAE. PANTANA AMPLA. Pantana ampla, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. iv. p. 820. PYRALES. LEPYRODES GEOMETRALIS. Lepyrodesgeometralis, Guen. Spec. Gen. Le'p. Delt. et Pyr. p. 278. |
