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Show 60 MR. F. MOORE ON BENGALESE LEPIDOPTERA. [Jan. 10, miles : hind wing pale brown. Head and thorax dull greenish brown. Abdomen brown. Expanse lg inch. Bengal. In Coll. F. Moore. Genus CHECUPA, n. g., Moore. Palpi stout, short, erect, covered with short adpressed hairs ; third joint minute, conical. Antennae minutely serrated. Proboscis short. Legs robust, densely clothed with short hairs ; hind tibia with four elongated appendages. Body very robust; thorax thick, broad, densely pilose beneath. Abdomen elongated, flat, extending one-third beyond the hind wing, tufted ; fourth, fifth, and sixth segments produced laterally, the fifth being prolonged into a hollow upright horn-like projection. Fore wing long ; costa nearly straight; exterior and posterior margins rounded ; no trace of angle. Hind wings trigonate ; apex produced, rounded ; abdominal angle lobed. CHECUPA FORTISSIMA, n. sp. (Pl. VI. fig. 5.) Male and female greenish black, brown beneath : fore wing with the base, large orbicular and reniform marks, a streak beneath, posterior and exterior margins golden green, slightly marked with short blackish transverse streaks ; a submarginal and marginal row of longitudinal black streaks divided by a line of white lunules : hind wing cupreous brown. Head and thorax golden green. Abdomen brown, tipped with greenish. Legs green; tarsi brown. Expanse 2^y inches, Darjeeling. In Coll. W . S. Atkinson ; F. Moore. Genus SARBANISSA, Walk. S A R B A N I S S A INSOCIA, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B . M . xxxiii. Suppl. iii. p. 746. Darjeeling (W. S. Atkinson's Coll.). Fam. XYLINIDJE. Genus CUCULLIA, Ochs. CUCULLIA TENUIS, 11. Sp. Male blackish cupreous brown : fore wing elongated, very narrow, wrinkled apically ; a small black spot near the base: hind wing pale cupreous brown. Palpi black. Head and thorax blackish cupreous, and abdomen pale cupreous brown. Expanse If inch. Darjeeling. In Coll. W . S. Atkinson ; F. Moore. Fam. HELIOTHID.E. Genus HELIOTHIS, Guen. HELIOTHIS ARMIGERA, Hiibn. (Guen. Noct. ii. p. 181). H. PELTIGERA, Treit. (Guen. Noct. ii. p. 180). |
