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Show 628 MR. F. MOORE ON BENGALESE LEPIDOPTERA. [May 23, Genus CLEORA, Curtis. C L E O R A V E N U S T U L A R I A , Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M . xxxv. Suppl. v. p. 1579. Darjeeling. C. DECUSSATA, n. sp. (Pl. XXXIII. fig. 4.) Male and female white : fore wing with a broad transverse medial white band bordered on each side by a narrow black line, and containing a large upper and lower black spot, the upper one centred with a white dot, the outer line outwards anteriorly and posteriorly, the outer space to exterior margin being pale testaceous, and traversed by a wavy submarginal white line with a diffused black inner border and outer subapical and posterior black streaks ; inner line of the band also bent outwards posteriorly, the space thence to a short subbasal transverse black streak pale testaceous, the extreme base of the wing being white : hind wing with indistinct dusky discal spot, transverse maculated line and streak from anal angle; a marginal lunular line. Body with blackish spots. Underside pale white; markings as above, but less defined. Expanse lT 3jj inch. Darjeeling. In Coll. A. E. Russell; F. Moore. C. RUFOMARGINATA, n. Sp. Male and female pale greyish brown, with numerous short transverse blackish strigse : fore wing pale ferruginous along posterior and exterior borders; two transverse black lines, the inner line considerably curved, the other abruptly curved outwards below the costa and outwardly dentate near posterior margin; exterior border black-patched, traversed by a submarginal zigzag greyish-white line ; discal spot black, elongate, confluent with the costa : hind wing with three ill-defined blackish partly transverse lines, and discal spot. Exterior margins with a row of black lunules. Cilia pale, with a black medial line. Underside yellowish ; discal spots distinct: fore wing with broad blackish marginal band; other markings similar. Legs with black spots. Expanse 1^ inch. Bengal. In Coll. A. E. Russell; F. Moore. C. FIMBRIATA, n. Sp. Male and female dark ferruginous: hind wing greyish at the base: fore wing blotched with black along the costa and exterior border ; two oblique transverse black lines, which are rather close together, between which is a black discal spot, the outer line bordered by a row of black spots: hind wing with two transverse diffused blackish lines, enclosing the discal spot, the outer line traversed by a sinuous greyish-white line; exterior border with black strigse ; a marginal row of black lunules. Cilia black, with alternate ferruginous streaks. Underside cinereous brown, with blackish discal spot and outer transverse sinuous line. Expanse 1J inch. Bengal. In Coll. A. E. Russell; F. Moore. |
