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Show 1883.] MR. F. MOORE ON LIMNAINA AND EUPLCEINA. 281 margin nearly erect, waved, slightly angular below the apex above posterior angle ; hind margin long, convex; with a short slender sericeous brand. Hind wing obovate; exterior margin waved ; no pale discoidal patch. MAHINTHA SUBDITA. Euplcea subdita, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc Lond. 1878, p. 823; Marshall & de Niceville, Butt, of India, p. 82 (1882). Hab. Tenasserim. In coll. British Museum. KARADIRA, n. g. Euplcea, sect. B (part.), Marshall & de Niceville, Butt, of India, p. 80 (1882). Mcde. Distinguished from typical Crastia (core) in the fore wing having the posterior margin very considerably produced into a broad convex lobe, a comparatively broader and shorter cell, the submedian vein slightly recurved aud terminating below the posterior angle; and with a medium-sized sericeous brand. Hind wing much more round in form. KARADIRA ANDAMANENSIS. Euplcea andamanensis, Atkinson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 736, pl. 63. f. 2, o*; Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 300; Moore, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 582; Marshall & de Niceville, Butt, of India, p. 84 (1882). Hab. Andaman Isles. PRAMASA, n. g. Male with the costal margin of fore wing regularly arched ; exterior margin oblique, convex below the apex and slightly angular hindward ; posterior margin very convex in middle; with a very large broad sericeous brand. Hind wing almost round, exterior margin slightly uneven. PRAMASA MITRA. (Plate XXXI. fig. 8, 8-) Euplcea mitra, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E.I. C. i. p. 127, 8 (1857); Butler, P.Z.S. 1866, p. 299; Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 300. Hab. Seychelle Islands. The female of this extraordinarily marked species has the markings similar to the male. Both sexes are in the collection of Messrs. Godman and Salvin. TAGATA, n. g. Fore wing with the costal margin nearly straight, apex convex, exterior margin oblique, posterior margin in male regularly convex to the end, and with a lengthened broad sericeous brand. Hind wing short, broad ; exterior margin oblique, abdominal margin long. |