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Show 1883.] MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC LEPIDOPTERA. 29 lower end of the cell, second branch at one eighth and third at one third before its end; submedian straight. Hind wing elongated oval; costal vein straight, extending to apex ; two subcostal branches from end of the cell; discocellulars concave, upper longest; radial from their middle ; two upper medians from beyond end of the cell, lower at one fourth before its end; submedian and internal vein straight. Body stout; palpi long, ascending, second joint squamose, laterally broadest at the apex, extending to a level with the vertex, third joint slender, naked, about half length of second ; antennae finely setose; legs squamose, fore tibiae tufted beneath. This genus has much the appearance of Rivula. BYTURNA DIGRAMMA. Bocana digramma, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M., Suppl. p. 1170. ™ Hab. India; Ceylon. PASIRA BIATOMEA, n. sp. Male. Pale ochreous : fore wing with two minute black discocellular spots, another spot above the submedian vein, and a marginal row of still smaller dots, the apical dot most prominent: hind wing with indistinct brownish-ochreous outer border. Underside brighter coloured: hind wing brown-speckled along the costal border and apex, with a blackish discocellular streak and a marginal row of small dentate spots. Expanse 1 inch. Hab. Ceylon. In coll. F. Moore. A larger species than P. ochracea from Calcutta. Fam. PYRALIDTE. LEUCINODES DISCISIGNA, n. sp. Ochreous-white: fore wing with a short basal and three middle transverse ochreous-brown bands, the outer band bordered by a slender black lunular line; a submarginal sinuous white line, bordered inwardly by black at its apical and posterior end; a prominent white S-shaped discocellular spot; hind wing with a slight submarginal and discal sinuous brown line. Expanse 1 inch. Hab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger and F. Moore. EUDOREA LATIVITTA, n. sp. Fore wing ochreous-white, with a short basal brown streak, a broad medial transverse angular bordered band, and a submarginal sinuous fascia, the interspaces brown-speckled; two black dots at end of the cell, and a row on submargin : hind wing cinereous-white. Expanse f inch. Hab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger aud F. Moore. |