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Show 394 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC LEPIDOPTERA. [May 6, THYMARA, Doubleday, Zoologist, i. p. 197. T H Y M A R A CATJDATA, n. sp. (Plate XXXII. fig. 3.) Male. Fore wing dark fuliginous, veins black ; the space within the cell and immediately below it to the base ochreous : hind wing golden yellow, with a large median costal spot, a smaller subanal spot, and the entire elongated tail and its fringe black. Body golden yellow; thorax and anal tuft black. Front of head and legs golden yellow. Expanse : fore wing J i inch ; hind wing, including tail, r^ inch. Hab. British Burmah. In coll. F. Moore. This species has also been taken at Punkabari, in Assam, by Mr. W . B. Farr, who has a fine specimen in his collection from that locality. Fam. NYCTEMERID.E. N Y C T E M E R A NIGROVENOSA, n. sp. Allied to N. coleta, Cram. (Exot. Lep. pi. 368. f. H), from Java. Differs on the fore wing in the discal maculated band being somewhat narrower, and on the hind wing in the veins being lined with black throughout both above and beneath. Expanse If inch. Hab. Ceylon. In coll. F. Moore. Fam. LiTHosiiDiE. COSSA NUBECULA, n. sp. 31ale. Pale greyish ochreous : fore wing with a black short triangular streak on the costa beyond the middle ; a brown-speckled indistinct patch from before the apex and along the exterior margin : hind wing with a very indistinct darker marginal fascia. Underside-- fore winy dusky brown. Legs dusky brown above. Expanse \^ inch. Hab. Andamans (Port Blair). In coll. F. Moore. BARSINE PRETIOSA, n. sp. Allied to B. gratiosa, Guer. Deless. Voy. pi. 26. f. 1, from S. India. Differs above in being greyish ochreous, the fore wing having five transverse series of red spots, which are smaller, the two outer series linear, but disconnected. Expanse S If inch. Hab. Dharmsala, N.W. Himalaya (Rev. II. Hocking). In coll. Lord Walsingham. SETINA DIIARMA, n. sp. Ochreous-yellow; fore wing with a small black basal spot, a transverse interrupted series of four spots, a spot at end of the cell, and a recurved discal series of spots, the latter slightly elongated. Thorax with two small black spots on anterior part; legs above black-streaked. Expanse •£ to 1 inch. Hab. Dharmsala, N.W. Himalaya (Rev. II. Hocking). In coll. Lord Walsingham. |