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Show 394 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW LEPIDOPTERA [June 19, Fam. ARCTIID^E. SPILARCTIA DALBERGIiE, n. Sp. Allied to S. stigmata (Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 809). Fore wing of a pale ochreous creamy tint; with a very obliquely-disposed discal series of small slender black spots, a spot towards base of submedian, and a submarginal medial series of smaller spots; a small dentate spot more or less distinct at the upper end of cell : hind wing paler ; with a large black spot at upper end of the cell; two duplex sub-anal spots, one also between the radial and subcostal vein, and in the female another before the apex. Thorax with a black streak down the middle ; abdomen orange-yellow, with a dorsal and lateral row of black spots. Expanse, 8 lf» ? " inches. Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. Larva pale purple-brown, mottled and minutely spotted with yellow. Second, third, and fourth segments with a small yellow lateial spot; other segments with an oblique yellow lateral streak ; each segment with tufts of long purple-brown radiating hairs; head black, shining ; legs black. " Feeds on Sissoo (Dalbergia sissoo). May, 4000 feet." (Hocking.) SPILARCTIA SAGITTIFERA, n. sp. Male and Female. Paler and of a uniformly yellower tint than S. casignata. Fore wing with similar markings, the transverse discal series of spots more oblique, touching the lower angle of the cell and terminating in larger spots on middle of posterior margin; one or two spots also within the cell near the base ; hind wing paler yellow throughout, spots larger than in S. casignata. Abdomen crimson, with more or less prominent black dorsal and lateral spots ; a small black sagittate streak on middle of thorax. Underside paler, not washed with crimson, markings more distinct. Expanse, 6* 1-|, $ 2f inches. Sab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. ICAMBOSIDA DORSALIS, n. Sp. White ; fore wing with an indistinct blackish-grey discal oblique transverse narrow macular band, which in the male'stops below the radial vein, and in the female extends to the apex by a series of short linear streaks, the female also having some less distinct submarginal streaks situated between the radial and middle median veins ; a similar coloured spot at upper end of the cell, and a less defined spot sometimes on middle of subcostal: hind wing with an indistinct spot at upper end of the cell, and a less distinct sub-anal spot situated between the lower median and submedian, the female sometimes showing a spot also below the apex and another above it on the costa. Sides of thorax in front and pectus crimson ; palpi black above, crimson beneath ; legs white ; fore femur crimson above ; femora tipt with black ; fore and middle tibia, and tarsi and hind tarsi black above ; abdomen in male crimson above, with black |