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Show 836 MR. F. MOORE ON LEPIDOPTEROUS [Nov. 5, SURENDRA QUERCETORUM. Amblypodia quercetorum, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E.L C. i. p. 42, pl. lo. f. 7 (1857). THADUKA, n. g. Allied to Mahathala. Fore wing short, broad, costa very convex at base, apex acutely angled; exterior margin erect, scalloped; posterior angle lobular ; hind margin same length as costal, concave in the middle : hind wing short, broad, anterior margin convex, apex and exterior margin very convex, sinuous, with three prominent tails, the middle one longest, and large anal lobe ; abdominal margin very concave above anal lobe. Venation similar to Mahathala (Amblypodia ameria, Hewitson). Body short, stout; antennae uniformly thickened to end ; palpi slender ; legs short. THADUKA MULTICAUDATA, n. sp. (Plate LII. fig. 7•) Female. Upperside purple-black, basal area bright smalt-blue. Body and abdominal border greyish, thorax blue. Underside dark vinous-brown; fore wing with short subbasal, medial, and an entire discal, purple-black maculate bands, and an outer marginal series of lunules: hind wing with three irregular curved transverse purplish-black maculate bands, and indistinct marginal lunules ; a narrow metallic-green lunule above the tails. Expanse l§ inch. Taoo, 3000-5000 feet. In coll. J. Wood-Mason. Fam. PAPILIONID^E. Subfam. PIERINAE. TERIAS HECABE. Papilio hecabe, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 763 (1767). Moulmein to Meetan ; Hatsiega; Naththoung to Paboga. TERIAS SUAVA. Terias suava, Boisd. Spec. Gen. Lep. p. 670 (1836). Moulmein to Meetan. TERIAS SILHETANA. Terias silhetana, Wallace, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1867, p. 324. Moulmein to Meetan ; Hatsiega to Houngduran ; Naththoung to Paboga. TERIAS FORMOSA. Eurenia formosa, Hiibn. Zutr. exot. Schmett. f. 979 (1837). Hatsiega. TERIAS L^ETA. Terias leeta, Boisd. Spec. Gen. Lep. i. p. 674 (1836). Moulmein to Meetan. |