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Show 32 MR . F. MOORE ON THE LITHOSIID.E. [Jail. 15, above, the basal spots less distinct; tibiae with black terminal band. Expanse ly2^ inch. N.E. Bengal. In coll. F. Moore. LYCLENE INTERSERTA, n. sp. (Plate III. fig. 6.) Female. Upperside-fore wing ochrey yellow, with a short black streak at the base, narrow subbasal transverse bent line, a discal line which is convex anteriorly and bent posteriorly ; between these is an oblique-angled line, the point being opposite to the angle of the subbasal line ; an upper and lower longitudinal line, the former along the cell, the latter below it and furcate, the forks bent backward; also an outer marginal confluent looped line; cilia black, with white border : hind wing pale yellow ; cilia at apex black. Thorax and head yellow, with black streaks ; palpi and legs above blackish ; abdomen paler yellow. Underside uniform yellow, markings indistinct. Expanse ly\j- inch. Darjiling (Atkinson). In coll. Dr. Staudinger and F. Moore. Near to L. euprepioides, Walk. LYCLENE OBSOLETA, n. sp. (Plate III. fig, 7.) Female. Yellow : fore wing slightly ochreous yellow externally ; with several purplish-brown subbasal spots, a deeply sinuous discal band, and outer contiguous series of spots : hind wing and abdomen yellow. Underside paler; markings on fore wing indistinct; hind wing with a short costal streak before the apex; fore tibiae with a blackish terminal streak. Expanse T 8<j inch. Darjiling (Atkinson). In coll. Dr. Staudinger. May be distinguished by the absence of the median transverse band between the subbasal spots and sinuous band. LYCLENE DISCISTRIGA, n. sp. Male and female. Fore wing yellow, with black basal speckled spots, a median transverse recurved narrow band, an oblique spot at end of tbe cell, a discal series of narrow longitudinal streaks, and a marginal series of small spots : thorax black-spotted : hind wing paler. Underside pale yellow; markings on fore wing very indistinct. Expanse, 3 ly*-7> ? *TV mca' Darjiling. In coll. F. Moore. Allied to the Bornean L. strigipennis, H. S. Lep. Spec. Nov. f. 437. LYCLENE INCONSPICUA. Male. Pale ochreous red, semidiaphanous : fore wing with oblique transverse basal and median indistinct dusky band, and discal streaks, one along each vein and terminating in a marginal spot: hind win"* |