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Show 666 MR. F. M O O R E ON BENGALESE LEPIDOPTERA. [MAY 23, APSARASA RADIANS. Apatela radians, Westw. Cab. Orient. Ent. pl. 28. f. 4 (1847). Glottula radians, Walk. Catal. Lepid. Het. B. M. Noct. pt. xv. p. 1668. Remark.-I am uncertain about the position of this genus, and place it here with doubt. Fam. CRAMBID,E. Genus ESCHATA, Walk. Syn. Cheerecla, Walk. Suppl. p. 634. ESCHATA GELIDA, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. ix. Noct. p. 133. Darjeeling. Genus APURIMA, Walk. APURIMA XANTHOGASTRELLA, Walk. ib. xxvii. p. 194 (1863). Rupela degenerella, Walk. ib. xxviii. p. 524. IAthosia cramboides, Walk. ib. xxxi. Suppl. i. p. 230 (1864). Genus SCIRPOPHAGA. S C I R P O P H A G A A U R I F L U A , Zeller, Monogr. Chilo. et Cramb. p. 2 (1863). Calcutta. S. GILVIBERBIS, Zeller, ib. p. 2 (1863). BRIHASPA, n. g., Moore. Male. Labial palpi porrect, slightly recurved, slender, smooth, pointed at the apex ; second joint twice the length of the third. Maxillary palpi less than half the length of the labial, fringed. Antennse minutely pectinated; basal joint thick. Head narrow, protruding in front, conical. Thorax stout. Abdomen attenuated, compressed at the sides ; apical tuft prominent. Legs smooth, slender, long; hind legs very long (the tibia and tarsus together being three-quarters of an inch) ; hind tibise with four long spurs. Wings elongate, broad : fore wing acute at the apex ; costa arched at the base; exterior margin slightly convex, oblique : hind wing produced at the apex ; exterior margin slightly recurved ; anal angle rounded. Cilia broad. BRIHASPA ATROSTIGMELLA, n. sp. (Pl. XXXIII. fig. 13.) Male pure white, glossy: fore wing with a black curved bar or brand at the base of the costa, beneath which is a small black spot; two black spots at the end of the cell, and an oval spot beneath them near the posterior margin; two pale yellow maculated transverse streaks obliquely before the apex, and two similar-coloured |