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Show 662 MR. F. MOORE ON BENGALESE LEPIDOPTERA. [May 23, C. RETICULATA, n. Sp. Female blackish brown: fore wing with several prominent pale chocolate-brown irregular bands, each with a yellow-bordered line, the bands disposed transversely, those at the base intersecting each other and joined to the outer by a longitudinal subcostal band, which latter and the outer band contains small dark brown spots with yellow borders, the outer band emitting a lower inner point, and outwardly narrow yellow streaks to the exterior margin of the wing : hind wing cinereous, with three indistinct narrow outer brown bands. Cilia yellow, with brown points and inner line. Body dark brown, with cinereous streaks. Underside cinereous brown, darkest at the base, with narrow blackish-brown sinuous discal band with narrow white outer border. Expanse If inch. Bengal. In Coll. A. E. Russell. C. CINEREATA, n. Sp. Male and female cinereous white: fore wing with a dark ferruginous- brown base and apical patch, the latter somewhat blackish and crossed by a whitish lunular line, a transverse post-medial black-speckled ill-defined band with white lunular bordered line ; middle of the wing minutely black-speckled; a small black discal spot; a short ferruginous streak ascending from a black streak from posterior margin near the angle: both wings with marginal brown spots. Cilia pale yellow. Palpi, head, and thorax ferruginous brown. Abdomen cinereous. Underside paler; base and apex of fore wing blackish cinereous, with oblique subapical pale band : hind wing with a discal dot and indistinct outer line. Expanse I5 inch. Bengal. In Coll. A. E. Russell; F. Moore. Remark.-Allied to Cidaria russata. C. CALAMISTRATA, n. Sp. (Pl. XXXIII. fig. 6.) Male and female dark ferruginous brown, slightly white-speckled : fore wing with a broad medial band with sinuous black borders, the outer border margined with white, the band being blackish at the sides and white along the middle, the colours being separated by a transverse sinuous black line with white outer margin ; on the white ground is a short black discal streak and some lower ringlet marks; near the base of the wing is a narrow blackish band, and below the apex are some black patches traversed by a sinuous white line; a black exterior marginal line : hind wing pale cinereous white, with slight cinereous exterior border and darker marginal line. Cilia alternate brown and cinereous white. Underside cinereous white ; exterior border of fore wing, an oblique broad subapical streak, and contiguous discal spot blackish cinereous : hind wing with a slight cinereous discal spot, outer sinuous line, and straight marginal line. Expanse ly^y inch. Bengal. In Coll. W . S. Atkinson ; F. Moore. Remark.-Allied to Cidaria russata. |