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Show 374 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC [Mar. 1, Fam. ERIOPID^E. METHORASA, n. g. Allied to Callopistria. Fore wing less acuminate, exterior margin less oblique and more even; first subcostal branch and the lower median comparatively nearer end of the cell. Hind wing more convex externally ; cell broader ; discocellular more erect. Thorax more compactly clothed ; palpi smaller, second joint of uniform lateral width, third joint very short and thick ; antennae in male of normal form, and more minutely bipectinate; legs less pilose. Type M. latreillei. METHORASA LATREILLEI. Eriopus latreillei, Duponchel, Lep. Suppl. iv. p. 327, pi. 123. f. 2 ; Guen. Noct. ii. p. 296. Callopistria latreillei, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M . xii. p. 862. Eriopus quieta, Treit. Schmett. iii. p. 259, Suppl. p. 49. HaB. C. and S. Europe, N.W. India (Solun, Dharmsala). There appear to be two forms (which are perhaps seasonal) of this species in N.W. India. Some specimens of both sexes are comparatively smaller, distinctly paler above, and with all the markings, including the sagittate mark near the apex, white ; the underside also is much paler in colour. COTANDA, n. g. Fore wing elongated, narrow; costa almost straight, apex acute, exterior margin angled in the middle, posterior margin recurved ; costal vein extending two thirds the margin; first subcostal branch emitted at half length before end of the cell, second at one fourth, trifurcate, the third at one fourth from base of second, fourth at one third from base of third, fifth from end of the cell and touching the third near its base ; discocellular bent near each end, slightly concave in the middle, the radials from the angles ; upper median branch from oblique angle at end of the cell, middle branch from angle before the end, lower at one third before the end ; submedian curved downward and extending near the posterior margin. Hind wing with the costal margin long, straight, apex convex, exterior margin waved, abdominal margin short; costal vein slightly recurved, extending to apex; two subcostal branches from end of the cell ; discocellular slightly bent near lower end, radial from the angle; two upper median branches from end of the cell, lower at one third before its end ; submedian and internal vein straight. Body moderately stout, abdomen extending beyond hind wing ; palpi broad laterally, slightly ascending, second joint laxly squamose, extending two thirds its length beyond the head, third joint short; legs long, femur slightly pilose beneath, tibia laxly squamose ; antennae filiform. COTANDA PLACODOIDES. Eriopus placodoides, Guenee, Noct. ii. p. 296. Hab. Java ; S. and N. India. |