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Show 8 MR. F. MOORE ON THE LITHOSIIM*. [J MACROBROCHIS LEUCOSPILOTA, n. sp. Male and female. Differs from M. gigas (Lithosia gigas, Walk. Catal. Lep. Het. B. M . ii. p. 494) in the fore wing having more elongated white spots, and in the hind wing having the marginal band much narrower and traversed by a series of elongated spots on both upper and underside. Expanse 2 | inches. Cherra Punji, Assam. In coll. India Museum, and F. Moore. MACROBROCHIS NIGRESCENS, n. sp. Male. Allied to M. gigas. Differs in the spots on the fore wing being much less distinct; the basal and discal spots partly covered with black scales and totally obsolete on the underside; on the hind wing the base is only slightly dusky-white on both sides. Expanse 2f inch. N.E. Bengal. In coll. F. Moore. TRIPURA, Moore. Tripura, Moore, Catal. Lep. E.I. C. ii.p. 298 (1858). Fore wing-first subcostal branch free ; second from before end of the cell, trifurcate; fifth from end of the cell, bent upward and touching third near its base; radial from end of the cell; discocellulars bent in the middle ; median vein four-branched, two upper from angles at end of the cell, third from angle before its end. Hind wing-two subcostal branches beyond cell, three upper median branches at its end. Type, T.prasena, Moore, I. c. p. 299, pl. vii. A. fig. 6 (1858). Himalayas. P A R A O N A , n. g. Fore wing long, narrow, costa slightly arched, apex acute, exterior margin oblique, posterior margin slightly convex towards the base; subcostal vein five-branched ; first branch oblique, free; second arising before end of the cell; third starting from above base of second, trifurcate towards its end ; radial from end of the cell, curved upward and joined to third subcostal branch, at one fourth its length beyond the cell; discocellulars slightly bent in the middle; median four-branched, two upper at end and third before end of the cell. Hind wing long, somewhat narrow, apex slightly produced, exterior margin and angle convex; two subcostal branches one third beyond the cell; median four-branched, two upper beyond and third from end of the cell. Body stout. Antennae in the male serrate, the teeth finely pectinate, setose in the female. Palpi small, ascending, pilose beneath, apical joint very minute. Legs stout, short; femora slightly pilose beneath ; tibiae thickened, middle and hind tibiae spurred. PARAONA SPLENDENS. (Plate I. fig. 1.) Crambomorpha splendens, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1877 p. 357. Bombay (Dr. Leith). In coll. British Museum, and F. Moore. |