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Show 1878.] MR. F. MOORE ON THE LITHOSIIDJE. 15 shortest; radial from angle of upper discocellular ; median three-branched, two upper branches at one third beyond the cell; sub-median nearly straight. Hind wing broad, apex slightly produced ; subcostal branches at one fourth and median branches at one third from end of the cell. Palpi small, short, slightly decumbent. Legs stoutish, naked. Antennae minutely pectinate. Body slender, not extending beyond hind wing. TARIKA VARANA. (Plate I. fig. 8.) Lithosia varana, Moore, P.Z. S. 1865, p. 797. Darjiling. TARIKA NIVEA, n. sp. Lithosia nivea, Walker, M S . Male and female. Fore wing silky white, costal edge pale yellow ; head, front of thorax, palpi, body and legs beneath, yellow ; tip of palpi brown; fore and middle legs brown above. Expanse, <-? If, $ If inch. Darjiling (Atkinson). In coll. Dr. Staudinger and F. Moore. BRUNIA, n. g. Fore wing long, narrow; first branch of subcostal vein short, oblique, anastomosed to the costal, second starting from angle close before end of the cell, trifurcate, fifth from end of the cell and looped to third branch at its base ; discocellulars bent below the middle, upper angled close to end of the cell; radial from angle of upper discocellular ; two upper median branches at half length beyond end of the cell. Hind wing long, apex produced ; two branches of subcostal vein at one third beyond the cell, and two median branches at two thirds beyond. Palpi ascending, pilose beneath. BRUNIA ANTICA. (Plate I. fig. 9.) Lithosia antica, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M . ii. p. 505. Ceylon. Will also embrace Lithosia natara, Moore, from Java, and L. sarawaca, Butler, from Borneo. GANDHARA, n. g. Fore wing broad, somewhat short; costa much arched beyond the middle ; apex acute; exterior margin slightly oblique, rounded in middle ; hind margin slightly rounded at the base; first branch of subcostal vein curving upward and extending free to beyond end of the costal, second and third branches starting together from end of the cell, third trifurcate; discocellulars zigzag, the angles equidistant; radial from upper angle; two upper median branches from lower angle of cell. Hind wing broad, short. GANDHARA SERVA. (Plate I. fig. 7.) Lithosia serva, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M . ii. p. 506. Darjiling. |
