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Show 332 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC [M BRYOPHILA NILGIRIA, n. sp. Fore wing ochreous-white, with a black transverse subbasal, an antemedian zigzag narrow line, a postmedian sinuous line extending outwardly across the disk to a submarginal zigzag fascia ; a black lunular marginal line ; orbicular spot small, black-lined and white-centred, reniform mark large and formed only by a black line, their interspace blackish : hind wing cinerous-browu, palest at base; cilia white. Thorax cinereous-white ; tegulse and dorsal tufts black-fringed ; abdomen cinereous-brown; palpi, and legs above, banded with black. Expanse lg inch. HaB. Ooty, Nilgiris. In coll. F. Moore. BRYOPHILA MEDIANA, n. sp. Fore wing with a broad median transverse olive-brown band, the inner margin of which is defined by a white-bordered black-pointed zigzag line, and the outer margin by a similar sinuous line ; orbicular and reniform marks indistinctly white-bordered and confluent at their lower end; a short subbasal olive-brown costal band; the area between the base and median band, and the entire outer border of the wing, clouded with olive-brown speckles; an indistinct slender black marginal line : hind wing cinereous-brown ; cilia white. Expanse ly\y inch. HaB. Solun, Punjab. In coll. F. Moore. BRYOPHILA MODESTA, n. sp. Fore wing pale brownish ochreous, with an indistinct black-speckled, subbasal, transverse band, an antemedian and a postmedian sinuous black-speckled line ; the entire area from the antemedian line to the outer margin clouded with black speckles; orbicular mark black, reinform ill-defined ; a slight marginal black lunular line: hind wing cinereous-brown, cilia whitish. Body brownish ochreous ; palpi and forelegs above with slight brown bands. Expanse 1 inch. HaB. N.W. Himalaya. In coll. F. Moore. Allied to B. alga?. Fam. BoMBYCOiDiE. Genus ACRONYCTA, Ochsenheimer. ACRONYCTA BICOLOR, n. Sp. Fore wing black, minutely speckled with grey ; orbicular and reniform marks and transverse sinuous lines indistinctly blacker: hind wing white; costal and subcostal veins slightly black-speckled ; a marginal row of black-speckled spots and cilial border. Thorax, palpi, and legs black, grey-speckled; tarsi with pale bands ; abdomen brown, with black dorsal bands. Expanse 1| inch. HaB. Solun, Punjab (N.W. India). In coll. F. Moore. |