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Show 398 MR. F. MOORE ON N E W LEPIDOPTERA [June 19, short distance from above its base and terminating at the apex, fourth at two thirds from base of the third; fifth from end of the cell, curving upward and touching third near its base ; cell broad, extending nearly two thirds the wing ; discocellular concave ; radial and upper median from lower end of the cell, middle median from angle close to end of the cell, lower median at one third before the end ; submedian at a wide distance from the median. Hind wing short, triangularly-ovate ; apex and exterior margin convex; abdominal margin short; costal vein looped to subcostal near its base ; subcostal bent upward to costal at one third from its base, two subcostal branches on a footstalk one third beyond end of the cell; discocellular oblique, radial from slight angle near its lower end ; cell broad; two upper medians from immediately beyond end of the cell ; lower median at one fourth before the end ; submedian and internal vein straight. Body short, densely pilose; antennae bipectinated ; palpi laxly pilose; legs thick, slightly pilose. LACHANA LADAKENSIS, n. sp. Male. Brownish-ochreous ; fore wing numerously covered with dark sepia-brown scales, which are most thickly disposed on the basal and external area, across which extends a darker subbasal and a discal zigzag fascia ; a distinct dark-brown lunular spot at end of the cell : hind wing sepia-brown, darkest externally and indistinctly forming a darker marginal band ; cilia brownish-ochreous. Body umber-brown, hairs brownish-grey; frontal tuft and palpi grey; antennae reddish-brown, shaft greyish; fore and middle tibiae and tarsi reddish-brown. Expanse 1 inch. Hab. Ladak. In coll. British Museum. PROCODECA UMBRINA, n. Sp. Male. Fore wing reddish umber-brown, with a curved discal series of six small black spots : hind wing and abdomen dull sepia-brown ; thorax reddish umber-brown ; palpi, foie legs above, and tarsi brownish-ochreous. Underside dull umber-brown. Expanse ly^inch. Hab. Kullu. In coll. British Museum. Larva violet-grey, each segment tufted with similar coloured hair, except the dorsal tufts on fourth to eighth segments, on which the hairs are blackish at the base and pale ferruginous at the tip ; head shining black. "Found under stones, March." (Hocking.) EuPROCTIS ABDOMINALIS, 11. Sp. Male and Female. Cream-white ; abdomen blackish ; anal tuft ochreous ; legs white. Expanse, 8 1TV 2 lyrr m c n - Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. Allied to E. postica. Wings comparatively longer and narrower. |