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Show 48 MR. F. MOORE ON BENGALESE LEPIDOPTERA. [Jail. 10, L. CONFUSA, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. ix. Noct. p. 105. L. EXTERIOR, Walk. ib. p. 106. L. DESIGNATA, Walk. ib. p. 107. L. VENALBA, n. Sp. Pale brownish ochreous : fore wing with the veins white, their interspaces with parallel narrow pale fawn-coloured lines ; a pale diffused fawn-coloured streak from the base to the apex, which is divided at the apex by a pale oblique streak; a similar streak along the posterior margin; two dark dots below the cell, and an indistinct transverse discal series of dots : hind wing white. Head and thorax brownish ochreous, with hoary bands. Abdomen paler. Expanse 1^ inch. Bengal. In Coll. A. E. Russell. L. PULCHERRIMA, 11. Sp. (Pl. VI. fig. 7.) Pale greyish fawn-colour : fore wing with the costa pale purplish fawn-colour; a greenish-brown fascia from the base of the costa to middle of the disk and thence ascending to the apex; a purplish-white streak bordering the outer margin of the fascia, from the discal angle of which it extends, in one direction, in a straight line with an ascending branch to the exterior margin of the wing, and in the other direction to the middle of the posterior margin, the ascending branch of the former being bordered above with greenish brown ; a well-defined silvery-white longitudinal streak within the cell, beyond which is a white-speckled black reniform mark: hind wing pale greyish fawn-colour. Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish fawn-colour. Expanse, f lg, $ 1| inch. Darjeeling. In Coll. A. E. Russell. L. DECISSIMA, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxii. Suppl. ii. p. 624. Darjeeling. TYMPANISTES, n. g., Moore. Body robust. Abdomen cylindrical, extending beyond the hind wings. Proboscis moderate. Antennse stout, setaceous, long, extending beyond the middle of the costa. Legs slender ; femora slightly pilose beneath ; hind tibiae with four moderately long spurs. Abdomen with a horny-like cavity at the base beneath, and a fanlike appendage above it on each side. Palpi erect, slender, long, extending above the head, slightly pilose; third joint long, cylindrical, two-thirds the length of the second. Fore wing lon°- • costa moderately arched at the base, thence straight to the apex which is slightly acuminated ; exterior margin oblique, angle rounded ; posterior margin convex near the base. Hind wings somewhat quadrate • anterior margin straight; exterior margin produced and rounded in the middle. |
