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Show 334 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC [Mar. 1, BOROLIA, n. g. Fore wing narrow; costa slightly arched at the base, apex pointed, exterior margin slightly oblique, posterior angle convex ; cell narrow; first subcostal branch emitted at half length of the cell and extending close alongside the costal; second emitted before end of the cell, trifid ; the third starting from near its base above the cell, and touching the fifth ; fourth short, fifth emitted and curving upwards from end of the cell; upper discocellular short, outwardly oblique, lower concave ; radial from end of upper discocellular ; lower radial and two upper median branches from angles at lower end of the cell, fourth at some distance before the end ; submedian recurved. Hind wing with long costal margin, exterior margin very oblique, abdominal margin short; subcostal straight, both branches emitted from end of the cell; discocellulars concave ; radial from their middle; median straight, two upper branches from end of the cell. Cilia broad. Antennae setulose ; palpi ascending, pilose beneath, second joint long, third short and slender ; femora pilose beneath. Type B.furcifera. BOROLIA FASCIATA, n. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 12.) Male and Female. Upperside-fore wing pale brownish-ochreous, palest along the costa ; an irregular bordered chestnut-brown fascia from the base to below the apex, which is bordered below the base by a short darker streak ; a black dot at base of the wing, and two transverse discal indistinct rows of dots, which in the female are apparently joined together by an intervening line ; a marginal row of black dots: hind wing pale brown. Underside paler ; fore wing with a slightly darker discal area ; hind wing with an indistinct discocellular spot, transverse discal linear streaks, and marginal spots. Palpi brown at the side. Expanse 3 If, ? If inch. HaB. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. Genus LEUCANIA. L E U C A N I A BISTRIGATA, n. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 18.) Female. Fore wing pale ochreous, with a suffused brown fascia from the base through the cell to end of the costa, another fascia obliquely from below the apex, and extending along the exterior margin; a very prominent, white, black-bordered terminally-bent streak at lower end of the cell, the outer veins also whitish ; a black basal streak below the cell, and another streak below the submedian vein ; three very indistinct black dots on the costal edge, some across the disk, a marginal series of minute black points bordered with pale outer cilial lines: hind wing pale ochreous-brown; cilia ochreous-white with a brown line. Thorax with a black- and white-speckled crest, collar, and tegulae ; palpi and legs brown-speckled; abdomen pale ochreous. Expanse lT 7 ¥inch. HaB. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. |