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Show 534 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC LEPIDOPTERA. [NOV. 20, ISOTEINON MODESTA, n. Sp. Female. Allied to I. nilgiriana : fore wing narrower and less triangular in shape, with a minute very indistinct spot at upper end of the cell, two similar minute subapical spots, and two discal spots. Underside brownish-ochreous, grey-speckled ; fore wing with spots as above ; hind wing immaculate. Expanse 1 \ inch. Hab. Coonoor, Nilgiris (Lindsay). In coll. F. Moore. BARACUS SUBDITUS, n. sp. Female. Differs from same sex of B. vittatus (Isoteinon vittatus, Felder) on the upperside, in being of a uniform olive-brown : fore wing with three somewhat indistinct small olivaceous-yellow subapical spots, below which are four similar spots, the two lower of which are very indistinct: hind wing uniformly olive-brown. Underside similar to that of B. vittatus, except that the fore wing has no subapical or anal spots, and the intermediary streaks on the hind wing are more prominent. Expanse 1^ inch. Hab. Coonoor, Nilgiris (Lindsay). In coll. F. Moore. PARNARA CANARAICA, n. sp. Male and Female. Upperside dark brown, basal area olive-brown. Male: fore wing with two small oval semidiaphanous white spots at end of the cell, three spots obliquely before the apex, and three on the disk : hind wing without markings : cilia brownish-cinereous. Underside paler brown, irrorated with ochreous scales which are thickly disposed along the costa and apex of fore wing, and across discal area of hind wing : fore wing marked as above, also with a small whitish spot above hind margin : hind wing with two discal white spots. Female: fore wing with larger spots as in the male, also with a minute dot beneath the lower discal spot and a triangular yellow spot above hind margin: hind wing with three discal semidiaphanous spots. Underside : fore wing as above : hind wing with four discal white spots, and a fifth at end of the cell. Expanse, 8 1 f9 $ If inch. Hab. Canara (Ward). In coll. F. Moore. TAGIADES ALBOVITTATA, n. sp. Male. Upperside dark fuliginous-browm : fore wing with three minute transparent dots obliquely before the apex : hind wing with a narrow pure white anal band of one eighth inch in width: cilia of band white. Underside brown ; tbe minute dots on fore wing scarcely visible: hind wing with the white colour extending upwards and nearly covering the whole wing. Body dark brown ; palpi and abdomen beneath white ; legs brownish. Expanse lg inch. Hab. Borneo. In coll. F. Moore. |
