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Show 4 10 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC LEPIDOPTERA. [May 6, EUPTEROTE, Hiibner. (Dreata (part.), Walker.) EUPTEROTE OCHRIPICTA, n. sp. Male and Female. Allied to E. fabia (Cram. Pap. Exot. pi. 250. f. B ) . Upperside deep ochreous-yellow : fore wing with four purple-brown transverse subbasal and three discal narrow sinuous bands, an intervening median broader maculated band, a straight submarginal speckled band, which is widest and with a narrow outer line in female, and an exterior zigzag band, the interspace between the two latter, in the male, maculated and darker-blotched at anterior and near posterior end : hind wing with four sinuous discal bands, and a straight submarginal and zigzag outer band, with maculated interspace in male and a narrow line in female ; markings in female strongest. Expanse 5 inches. Hab. Ceylon. In coll. F. M . Mackwood and F. Moore. EUPTEROTE CANARAICA, n. sp. Male. Upperside reddish-ochreous, paling to yellowish-ochreous on the costal border and base; both wings crossed by two indistinct darker discal lunular bands, a contiguous straight band, and an outer or submarginal wider lunular band, the interspace between the latter and the straight band traversed by triangular marks, which are most prominent on the fore wing. Underside paler, marked as above; palpi at the side and streaks on the legs blackish. Female more uniform yellowish-ochreous, marked as in the male. Expanse 2f inches. Hab. Canara, S. India (Ward). In coll. F. Moore. LASIOCAMPA BHIRA, n. sp. (Plate XXXIV. fig. 2.) 3Iale. Upperside bright ferruginous, palest on the disk: fore wing with the costal edge yellow ; four transverse white lines, two being subbasal and straight, and two discal recurving outward to the costa ; beyond these is a fifth, transverse fuliginous line. Underside yellowish ferruginous, but darker ferruginous exteriorly; veins and scarcely perceptible transverse streaks yellow. Expanse If inch. Hab. Dharmsala, N.W. Himalayas. In coll. Lahore Museum. SUANA CERVINA, n. Sp. Female. Upperside dark brownish fawn-colour: fore wing grey-speckled, crossed by four indistinct median transverse dusky lunular bands, the two inner bands bent across the cell towards base of costa ; an outer submarginal band of blacker and broader pale-bordered lunules; a grey-white spot at base of wing, and a prominent large silvery-white spot at end of the cell: hind wing with a very indistinct dusky-brown submarginal fascia. Thorax, head, and palpi dark purplish black ; tibiae and tarsi above black ; abdo- |