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Show 848 MR. F. MOORE ON LEPIDOPTEROUS [Nov. 5, lique, angle conxex ; posterior margin convex at base. Hind wing oval, exterior margin very convex. Venation similar to that of E. hera. Body elongated ; abdomen extending beyond hind wing : antennae slender, minutely setose. Legs long, femora and tibia slightly pilose. Palpi long, slender, porrect. ATTATHA REGALIS. Hypercompa regalis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 575, pl. 33. f. 7. Meetan, 3000 feet, March. Fam. LIPARID^E. ARTAXA VARIANS. Artaxa varians, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. iv. p. 796 (1855). Ahsown. PERINA BASALIS. Perina basalis, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. iv. p. 966 (1855). Above Ahsown. Fam. LASIOCAMPID.E. D R E A T A TAOOENSIS, n. sp. (Plate LIII. fig. 7.) Allied to D.petola, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus, E.L C. ii. pl. 10 a. f. 2, from Java. Male. Upperside ochreous-grey ; three medial transverse very indistinct dusky lunular lines, a slightly darker discal line and a narrow outer sinuous line, with brighter interspace between the two lines, the point between the two lower median branches only with dusky ceutre. Underside as above. Expanse 3| inches. Taoo, 3000-5000 feet. In coll. J. Wood-Mason. TRABALA VISHNU. Gastropacha vishnu, Lefebvre, Zool. Journ. iii. p. 207 (1827). Taoo, 3000-5000 feet. NOCTUES. Fam. OPHIDERIDJE. POTAMOPHORA MANLIA. Phalcena manlia, Cram. Pap. Exot. pl. 92. f. A. Above Ahsown. Fam. EREBID^E. ARGIVA HIEROGLYPHICA. Phalcena hieroglyphica, Drury, Exot. Ins. ii. pl. 2. f. 1. Moulmein to Meetan. ARGIVA CAPRIMULGUS, Fab. Phalcena caprimulgus, Fab. (Gue'n. Noct. iii. p. 180). Moolai, 3000-6000 feet. |