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Show 1879.] MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC LEPIDOPTERA. 413 PHASSUS ALBOFASCIATUS, n. sp. (Plate XXXIV. fig. 8.) 31ale. Upperside pale umber-brown, darkest on costal border of both wings : fore wing with an indistinct, whitish, longitudinal median fascia from base to below apex, which is slightly black-speckled ; a few black delicate streaks on hind margin from the base; a series of black dots on outer margin. Thorax, palpi, and legs dark umber-brown. Abdomen paler, with a yellow lateral streak near the base. Underside uniform umber-brown. Expanse 2g inches. Hab. Nilgiris. In coll. F. Moore. HEPIALUS SEXNOTATUS, n. sp. Upperside ochreous-brown : fore wing crossed by four curved, darker, maculated indistinct bands, the outer band marginal and slightly yellow-speckled ; a blackish spot on middle of hind margin, and a yellow streak nearer the base ; a rather large round white spot crossing the cell near tbe base, and two smaller spots below the cell and nearer the base ; some yellow-speckled oblique streaks on costa before the apex: hind wing with tbe base ochreous, and a broad vellow band on cilia in middle of outer margin. Body ochreous- brown, base of abdomen with long ochreous hairs. Underside ochreous at base of both wings ; cilial band as above. Expanse If inch. Hab. Darjiling. In coll. F. Moore. HEPIALUS MURINUS, n. sp. Male. Upperside umber-brown : fore wing with a small triangular yellow spot within the cell near the base, and a smaller round spot beneath it near the base of the wing. Cilia on hind wing below the apex yellow. Underside uniform umber-brown. Expanse lT l ff inch. Hab. Dharmsala, N . W . Himalaya. In coll. F. Moore. PYRALES. Fam. ^EGERIID^E. MELITTIA GIGANTEA, n. sp. Margins and veins dark brown; apical border narrow, speckled with purple-grey scales ; costal border and hind margin at their base ochreous ; apical area large, traversed by four veins ; basal area traversed by median vein and a short discoidal vein. Abdominal area of hind wing ochreous-red. Cilia of both wings purplish cinereous. Head in front and thorax dark ochreous, reddish at base. Abdomen above purple-brown, marked with ochreous scales, segmental bands narrow and yellowish, underside yellow. Palpi yellow, sli°-htly fringed with black ; pectus yellow. Fore and mid legs ochreous-red, yellow beneath. Hind legs densely covered throughout with long hairs, yellow on the inside of tibia, bright chestnut- |