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Show 18 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC LEPIDOPTERA. [Jan. 16, yellow fascia, crossed by a blackish irregular line; outer area of wing grey-speckled. Expanse 3 inches. Hab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. Genus THAUMATOPOI:A, Hiibner. Cnethocampa, Stephens. THAUMATOPOI;A CHEELA, n. sp. (Plate V. figs. 3 8, 3 a 2 •) Male. Fore wing brownish grey, sparsely white-scaled, the scales disposed longitudinally; crossed by a basal, an antemedial, and a postmedial zigzag black line, each line being distinctly bordered by ochreous-yellow; cilia alternated with greyish white: hind wing paler. Body greyish-brown, abdomen with ochreous-yellow segmental bands; femora and tibiae thickly clothed with long silky greyish-brown hair; tarsi and antennas ochreous-yellow. Female darker brownish grey, the transverse yellow-bordered lines less distinct; thorax and abdominal tuft darker brown. Expanse, 8 lg> 2 If inch. Hab. Umballa district (Captain B. Reed). In coll. F. Moore. Most nearly allied to the European T. pinivora. Fam. LASIOCAMPID^;. T A R A G A M A INTENSA, n. sp. (Plate V . fig. 4.) Male. Deep bright red : fore wing with an oblique undulated post-medial ochreous-white line, and a similar-coloured triangular spot on the costa above end of the cell: hind wing with a slight ochreous-white fascia from anal angle. Body red, head and front of thorax reddish-grey; antennae, palpi beneath, and legs above red; cilia ochreous-white. Expanse If inch. Hab. N.E. Bengal (A. E. Russell). In coll. F. Moore. TARAGAMA HYPERANTHER^E, n. sp. (Plate V. fig. 5.) Male. Dark chestnut-red: fore wing grey-specked along the costal border and broadly along exterior margin, crossed by two greyish-ochreous transverse undulated medial lines, the lower discal interspace being grey-speckled; a submarginal series of chestnut-red lunulcs: hind wing grey-speckled along anterior border, and with a broad greyish-ochreous fascia ascending from anal angle. Cilia of both wings greyish-ochreous. Body greyish-ochreous ; tegulae and abdominal dorsal bands dark chestnut-red; antennas and palpi beneath also chestnut-red. Expanse 2 inches. Hab. Calcutta district. Iu coll. F. Moore. This specimen was reared by M r . Arthur Grote at Allipore near Calcutta, from a larva feeding, in September, on Hyperanthera. |
