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Show 642 MR. F. MOORE ON BENGALESE LEPIDOPTERA. [May 23, band and small black spots on fore wing, and a similar-coloured streak on both wings; a black discal spot and marginal row of dots on both wings. Underside yellowish cinereous, with darker bands as above. Allied to A. pluristriata. Expanse 2-| inches. Bengal. In Coll. A. E. Russell; F. Moore. A. ? VINACEARIA, 11. Sp. Male vinaceous; palest at the base: both wings with three equidistant transverse indistinct crimson wavy lines, and darker marginal line ; a blackish discal spot; cilia crimson. Front of head brown. Underside as above, but darker-coloured. Expanse ly2^ inch. Bengal. In Coll. F. Moore. Fam. ACIDALID^E. Genus DRAPETODES, Guen. D R A P E T O D E S MITARIA, Guen. Phal. i. p. 424, pl. 18. f. 6. Anisodes platycerata, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxvi. Geom. p.1586. Genus TRYGODES, Guen. T R Y G O D E S DIVISARIA. Mecaria divisaria, Walk. ib. xxiii. Geom. p. 927. T. VAGATA. Mecaria vagata, Walk. ib. p. 927. Genus HYRIA, Steph. HYRIA BICOLORATA, n. sp. Reddish fawn-colour, with a few short black streaks on the veins: fore wing with three equidistant transverse zigzag yellow bands commencing before the apex, each having an outer border and a medial parallel line of crimson joined by upper and lower longitudinal crimson streaks ; some short crimson streaks below the apex : hind wing with a narrow outer transverse sinuous yellow band with crimson borders. Underside cinereous brown ; bands indistinct. Expanse y9^ inch. Bengal. In Coll. A. E. Russell. H. TRILINEATA, n. sp. Male aud female cinnamon-brown, with a few short transverse yellow strigse; three equidistant transverse narrow orange-yellow slightly curved bands, the two outer bands crossing the hind wing. Cilia, antennse, and head yellow. Underside paler; bands less defined. Expanse 1 inch. Darjeeling. In Coll. A. E. Russell; W . S. Atkinson. |