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Show 842 MR. F. MOORE ON LEPIDOPTEROUS [NOV. 5, ISMENE DRUNA. Ismene druna, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 784 ; Hewitson, Exot. Butt. iv. Hesp. pl. 2. f. 26. Taoo, 3000-5000 feet. TAGIADES PRALAYA. Tagiades pralaya, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 779. Ahsown. TAGIADES MEETANA, n. sp. (Plate LIII. fig. 1.) Male. Allied to T. obscurus, Mabille, from Java : fore wing above similar: hind wing differs in the marginal area of the anal angle being only slightly white-speckled between the veins ; the cilia below it dark brown with a very narrow whitish inner line; on the underside there is less white, and the black border more lengthened and prominent, the cilia also being brown. Expanse If inch. Meetan, 3000 feet (April). In coll. J. Wood-Mason. ASTICTOPTERUS DIOCLES. Nisoniades diodes, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 787- Meetan, 3000 feet. ASTICTOPTERUS SUBFASCIATUS, n. Sp. Male and Female. Upperside uniform vinous-brown. Underside- fore wing with a short vinous-grey streak and two small ochreous-grey spots from the apex, three small ochreous-grey spots obliquely from the costa before the apex ; hind margin pale ochreous-brown : hind wing with a short, broad, medial and a subbasal vinous-grey band; abdominal margin broadly pale ochreous-brown; some indistinct spots between the bands and at the base also pale ochreous-brown. Palpi, body, and legs beneath pale ochreous-brown. Expanse 1-$- inch. Ahsown. In coll. J. Wood-Mason. A specimen of this species from S. India is also in the collection of the British Museum. PAMPHILA BAMBUS^E. Pamphila bambusee, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 691, pl. 45. f. 11, 12. Hatsiega. PAMPHILA MASONI, n. sp. (Plate LII. fig. 5.) Male. Upperside dark olive-brown; cilia brownish ochreous, palest on hind wing ; fore wing with a yellow semidiaphanous sinuous spot at end of the cell, two spots before the apex, and a band of three oblique discal spots, the lower one elongated ; hind wing with an opaque yellow discal patch, the basal hairs green. Underside dark ochreous-yellow ; fore wing with the basal area black ; spots as above, |