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Show 24 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC LEPIDOPTERA. [Jan. 16, PANDESMA SIMILATA, n. sp. Smaller than P. anysa. Fore wing brownish grey, densely speckled ; markings similar, distinctly formed but less visibly separated : hind wing with browner outer band. Underside white, with more prominent outer band than in P. anysa. Expanse 1T 2^ inch. Hab. N.W. India (Rawul Pindee; Allahabad). In coll. F. Moore. Fam. CATEPHIID^E. E R C H E I A P A N N O S A , n. sp. Allied to E. costipannosa. Fore wing comparatively shorter and broader, and of a pale ochreous tint. Male with the costal patches darker, the basal less sinuous, the apical shorter, the transverse double line less distinct, the discocellular or reniform mark elongated, and either white or white-bordered, the mark below the cell shorter: hind wing similarly marked. Female with black patches and less distinct transverse lines. Expanse, 8 If > 2 2 inches. Hab. S. India (Malabar); Ceylon. In coll. F. Moore. ERCHEIA UNIFORMIS, n. sp. Male and Female. Fore wing of a more uniform brown colour, darkest along the costal area ; the transverse sinuous lines more distinct than in E. pannosa ; the reniform mark whitish-lined, and two small black-lined marks below it, the mark between the median and submedian veins very small. Expanse, 8 lf> 2 1| m c n* Hab. S. India (Malabar). In coll. F. Moore. Fam. EREBIID^E. S Y P N A C O N T E L L A T A , n. sp. Fore wing dark umber-brown, with four transverse equidistant linear series of pure-white spots and numerous very miuute intervening dots, and a floreate cluster of white spots forming the reniform mark : hind wing paler brown, with paler medial and sub-marginal fasciae, and a power marginal row of pure-white spots. Underside very pale brownish-ochreous, with a narrow inner and broad outer dusky-brown band, the latter traversed by a waved pale line. Expanse 2 | inches. Hab. Dharmsala (B. Powell). In coll. F. Moore. SYPNA RUBRIFASCIA, n. sp. Intermediate between S. fraterna and S. curvilinea. Darker in colour than either, the fore wings comparatively narrower than in £. curvilinea ; the interspace between the medial transverse lines wider and distinctly divided by pale vein-lines ; the postmedial fascia brighter coloured; the marginal spots are prominently blue- |