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Show 1867.] MR. F. MOORE ON BENGALESE LEPIDOPTERA. 651 Genus MARC ALA, Walk. p. 1764?^ IGNIVORATA' Walk* Cat* Lep. Het. B. M. xxvi. Geom. Fam. ZERENID^E. Genus RHYPARIA, Hiibn. R H Y P A R I A DUCTARIA, Walk. ib. xxiv. Geom. p. 1111. R. MACULATA, n. Sp. middle^ f 7e°Uc WhitG : f(T Win^ suffused with ^nereous in the middle, a row of cinereous-brown spots along each vein from the base a submarginal and marginal row of contiguous spots some TaSii hPindrwSP°tS °r!f C°Sta' and ™-H«Vta o'n po'sterfo 3 ! "Jr f Tg T-th three trans™*se curved rows of similar spots Head and palpi above blackish. Antennae brown. Thorax rettii\\ttspotted-Underside ^ -ked - ^ Expanse 1-^ inch. Bengal. In Coll. A. E. Russell; F. Moore. R. TRANSECTATA, Walk. ib. p. 1112. Genus PERCNIA, Guen. P E R C N I A FELINARIA, Guen. Phal. ii. p. 216, pl. 19. f. 1. Genus NELCYNDA, Walk. N E L C Y N D A RECTIFICATA, Walk. I. c. xxiv. Geom. p. 1142. Genus ABRAXAS, Leach. A B R A X A S TIGRATA, Guen. Phal. ii. p. 202. A. TIGRATA, var. Female white ; costa and exterior border of both wings yellowish-fore wing with numerous small confluent blackish-cinerLs spots at the base and on posterior margin; a large medial spot, exterior to and above which is a arge confluent discal and costal spot aTub-marginal recurved series of spots, and a rather broad marginaHm-perfec ly maculated band interspersed with yellow : hind wing with several small spots along anterior border, a large discal spot, a Tub marginal series and marginal row of transversely narrow coi tLous spots and strigae. Head and body yellow, black-spotted above and beneath. Palpi with black tip. Legs blackish. Expanse 3 inches. Bengal (Capt. J. Lind Sherwill). In Coll. F. Moore. A. MARTARIA, Guen. Phal. ii. p. 205. Phtl. "^P ^^ HU8el'S Reis- Kasch-iv* P- 490; Guen. |