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Show 136 MR. F. MOORE ON N E W [Feb. 4, Their eyes are large and brilliant, their ears large, and their beautifully perfect, with ordinary-sized nails on each finger, except the second of the hind hands, which is furnished with the long scratching-claw. They bring forth two, and sometimes three at a birth ; but I have had none breed in captivity. 8. Descriptions of new Asiatic Diurnal Lepidoptera. By F. MOORE, F.Z.S. [Keceived January 14, 1879.] DANAIN.E. DANAIS PERSIMILIS, n. sp. Nearest allied to D. exprompta, Butler (the Ceylon form of D. juventa), but is much smaller in size. The markings are similar; but those from the base of the wings are very much more attenuated and shorter, and the discal spots also smaller, the markings on the hind wing being more attenuated than those in D. grammica. Expanse 2| inches. Hab. Petchaburree, Bankok District, Siam (April 12, 1875). In coll. R. Meldola and F. Moore. NYMPHALIN^E. NEPTIS CAMBOJA, n. sp. Male. Upperside-fore wing with a pale ferruginous broad longitudinal band from the base to beyond the cell, a broad oblique subapical and a constricted lower band ; also two very narrow indistinct ferruginous marginal lines: hind wing with a broad ferruginous transverse discal, and narrow slightly curved submarginal band; also a single very narrow and indistinct ferruginous marginal line. Underside pale yellowish ferruginous; bands as above, but indistinctly defined. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. Cambodia (Mouhot). In coll. N. C. Tuely, Esq. Allied to N. dindinga, Butler, from Malacca. Also allied to N. heliodore, Fabr., from Siam (the type specimen of which is in the Banksian cabinet in the British Museum), but differs above on the fore wing in the discoidal streak not extending over the median vein, and in the submarginal band on the hind wing being narrower. On the underside these differences also occur, and the dark interspace between the bands on the hind wing is also narrower. NEPTIS SINUATA, n. sp. Allied to N. hordonia, Stoll. Differs on the upperside in the bands having deeply sinuated borders. Underside also paler; the strigse less prominent, and disposed in more blotchy patches. Expanse, 3 If, ? I| inch. Hab. Ceylon. In coll. F. M. Mackwood and F. Moore. |