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Show 36 MR. F. MOORE ON THE LITHOSIID.E. [Jan. 15, Manpuri, N.W. India (Home). In coll. F. Moore. Differs from 8. infumata in the wings being narrower, and of a paler colour both above and beneath. SETINOCHROA POSTICA, n. sp. Male. Upperside bright ochreous-yellow : fore wing with a small black spot at base, a prominent spot at end of the cell, and a recurved submarginal series: hind wing slightly brownish-ochreous, with a distinct black streak at end of the cell. Underside-fore wing ochreous-brown in the middle, with black apical spots; cell-streak in hind wing. Expanse •]-!} inch. Dhurmsala, N.W. Himalayas. In coll. F. Moore. NUDARIA, Haw. Nudaria, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 156. NUDARIA FASCIATA, n. sp. Male and female. Pale yellow, diaphanous : fore wing with a broad purple-brown band from the costa, decreasing to middle of hind margin, and lunular streaks on exterior margin ; hind wing paler, slightly suffused with purple-brown at the base. Body yellowish- white ; legs purple-brown above. Expanse ^-| inch. Darjiling (Atkinson). In coll. F. Moore. Allied to N. margaritacea, Walk. ; hut that species differs in having the fore wing crossed by four distinct irregular sinuous bands. EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. PLATE I. Fig. 1. Paraona splendens, p. 8. 2. Sidyma apicalis, n. sp., p. 9. 3. Mahavira fiavicollis $ , n. sp., p. 11. 4. Hesudra divisa 3, n. sp., p. 12. 5. Vamuna maculata 3, n. sp., p. 10. 6. Chrysaglia ferrifasciata 3, n. sp., p. 13. 7. Gandhara serva, p. 15. 8. Tarika varana, p. 15. 9. Brunia antica, p. 15. 10. Ghoria albocinerca, n. sp., p. 13. 11. Vamuna bipars 3\ n. sp., p. 10. 12. Churinga rufifrons 3, n. sp., p. 10. 13. Collita parva, n. sp., p. 16. 14. Katha terminalis, n. sp., p. 17. 15. nigrifrons, n. sp., p. 17. 16. Siniareea basinota, p. 14. PLATE II. Fig. 1. Chrysorabdia viridata <J , p. 19. 2. Capissa innotata <?, p. 19. 3. pallens, n. sp., p. 19. 4. fasciata 3 u. sp., p. 20. 5. Tegulata basistriga, n. sp., p. 22. 6. protuberans $?, n. sp., p. 23. |