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Show 1879.] MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC LEPIDOPTERA. 395 Fam. ARCTITDJE. GONERDA, n. g. Male. Fore wing long, costa nearly straight, apex acute, exterior margin slightly oblique, hind margin straight to near end ; costal vein extending two thirds its length; subcostal vein four-branched, first and second branches arising before end of the cell, fourth and fifth short, the fifth arising from below the third at half its length, fourth from below end of the third ; discocellulars slightly oblique, upper very short; one radial starting from angle at upper end of the cell; median vein four-branched, the three upper contiguous at lower end of the cell; submedian curved and extending near the hind margin. Hind wing broad, costal margin nearly straight, apex rather acute, outer margin convex ; subcostal extending to near apex, three-branched ; discocellulars oblique ; median vein as in fore wing ; sub-median nearly straight. Body stout, densely pilose, hairs long and lax on the thorax, anal tuft prominent and divergent ; antennae bi-pectinated. Palpi decumbent, densely pilose, third joint long. Legs pilose beneath, spurred. Near to genus Alope, Walker. GONERDA PERORNATA, n. sp. (Plate XXXII. fig. 2.) Male. Fore wing yellow, crossed by four narrow black irregular bands and two series of basal streaks, the outer or marginal band extending slightly upward beyond posterior angle, the second band being short, third band recurved, fourth bent inward near end of the cell; a black oblique spot at end of the cell; the basal streaks short, irregular, and broken by the veins : hind wing deep crimson, crossed by three broad, irregular curved black bands and a narrow marginal line. Cilia of both wings yellow. Thorax ochreous-yellow, with three longitudinal black bands. Abdomen crimson, with black dorsal band and fringe to tuft. Underside as above, the markings on fore wing slightly confluent. Palpi, head, and body beneath black ; femora above crimson. Antennae brown, shaft yellowish. Expanse 2 inches. Hab. Cashmere. In coll, F. Moore. ARCTIA SUTTADRA, n. sp. Female. Upperside--fore wing with three oblique transverse brownish-black broad bands, the interspaces creamy white ; first band basal, second median and bifid on the costa, third apical partly divided ; cilia black. Hind wing crimson, with two large, irregular, oval, submarginal black spots, also a very small spot below the cell; cilia alternate black and yellow. Palpi, head, thorax, and body black; abdomen only with lateral crimson bands. Underside with the median and apical bands as above, the basal absent, interspaces yellow : hind wing as above, but no spot below the cell; a narrow streak at end of cell. Abdominal rings fringed with red ; legs black, front and mid legs streaked with red, hind tarsi yellowish. Antennae black. |