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Show 406 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC LEPIDOPTERA. [May 6, Family BOMBYCID^E. A R I S T H A L A , Moore. Aristhala, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 704. ARISTHALA SIKKIMA, n.sp. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 3.) Male. Greyish ferruginous : fore wing purple-brown below the cell and along exterior border; a white-bordered bent subbasal and a zigzag transverse discal blackish line, two blackish median transverse fasciae and an oblique streak from middle of costa to outer median fascia, two semidiaphanous white spots on middle of exterior border; cilia black-streaked : hind wing with two purple-brown median curved transverse and short subbasal bands, two semidiaphanous white spots, bordered above with purple-brown streaks on exterior margin near angle, the angle brighter ferruginous; abdominal margin and fringe grey and purple-brown. Underside-fore wing yellowish-ferruginous ; two discal transverse brown bands : hind wing brighter ferruginous, two curved discal bands, two small black discocellular spots, and a purple-brown grey-speckled fascia near abdominal margin from base to white subbasal spots. Female. Brighter yellowish ferruginous : fore wing clouded with dark purplish ferruginous along posterior and exterior borders, and hind wing at base and angle ; transverse markings and white spots less distinct. Thorax greyish-ferruginous in male, dark ferruginous in female ; abdomen dull ferruginous, hoary in male ; antennae deep ferruginous ; front of head and legs brighter ferruginous. Expanse, cf If, $ 2f inches. Hab. Darjiling. In coll. F. Moore and British Museum. HANISA, n. g. Fore wing trigonal; costa slightly concave near the base, apex rounded, exterior margin very oblique and angular in the middle, hind margin short; costal and subcostal veins contiguous to margin ; subcostal vein five-branched, first and second branches parallel, third trifurcate, the lower fork terminating below the apex ; upper radial starting from upper end of the cell; cell narrow, short ; a discoidal vein emitted within the cell; lower radial from middle of discocellulars ; median vein three-branched, middle branch terminating at angle on exterior margin, submedian straight. Hind wing elongated hindward, convex externally ; abdominal margin long, extending to end of abdomen, fringed and slightly produced at anal angle; subcostal vein two-branched ; cell short ; median vein three-branched. Body long, slender; anal tuft fan-shaped. Antennae short, broadly bipectinate ; legs short, pilose. Allied to genera Aristhala, Trilocha, Ocinara, and to Bombyx (B. mori). HANISA SUBNOTATA. Bombyx subnotata, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. p. 188 (1859). Hab. Singapore (Wallace). In coll. Saunders, Oxford University Museum. |