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Show 30 MR. F. MOORE ON THE LITHOSIID^. [Jan. 15, B A R S I N E FLAVIVENOSA, n.sp. (Plate III. fig- 18.) Male. Upperside-fore wing red, with all the veins very broadly lined with yellow ; a blackish subbasal imperfect cross band with the lower portion of the outer arm obsolete; a curved discal band and an incurved apical series of short black streaks : hind wing, abdomen, and legs very pale pink. Underside pink, hind wing palest. Expanse -f inch. Darjiling (Atkinson). In coll. Dr. Staudinger. LYCLENE, Moore. Lyclene, Moore, Catal. Lep. E. I. C. ii. p. 300. Cyllene, Walk. Catal. Het. B. M . ii. p. 544. LYCLENE RUBRICOSA, n. sp. (Plate III. fig- 1.) Male and female. Ochreous red : fore wing with dusky-black subbasal broad zigzag band, an oblique median band and zigzag outer discal band, the latter slightly confluent about its middle in the female ; a small spot also at base of wing, a curved spot at end of cell, and a small series along exterior margin. Thorax black-spotted. Underside with markings on fore wing indistinct; fore and middle tibiae with a blackish streak. Expanse -j% inch. Bombay (Dr. Leith). In coll. F. Moore. Allied to L. artocarpi. LYCLENE ARTOCARPI, n. sp. Male and female. Fore wing ochreous, with a dusky-grey subbasal series of short longitudinal streaks; an upright median band and outward discal oblique irregular band, both confluent on middle of the hind margin ; a small blackish spot at base of wing, and an indistinct spot at end of the cell: hind wing and abdomen pale ochreous. Thorax with black spots. Underside paler, markings on fore wing less distinct; an indistinct median dusky fascia across hind wing in the female. Expanse f inch. Darjiling (Atkinson). In coll. Dr. Staudinger and F. Moore. Nearest allied to L. humilis, Walk. Catal. Lep. Het. B. M . ii. p. 554. " Larva feeds on the Jack tree (Artocarpus incisa), January."-A. Grote, MS. note. LYCLENE RADIANS, n. sp. (Plate III. fig. 2.) Male. Fore wing yellowish white, with a black basal spot, three transverse series of spots, each composed of three, and the middle series curved; a prominent spot at end of the cell, and a marginal series of broad black lines, one on each vein, their inner ends confluent and forming a bordered line, which is bent outward at its middle -. hind wing with a less prominent series of short black marginal lines, which do not extend to the anal angle. Body ochreous yellow. Underside similarly marked, the basal spots on fore wing |