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Show 336 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC [Mar. 1, median veins white; borders of the veins and a line between each vein ochreous-brown ; costal border and an oblique apical streak ochreous-brown j a few black speckles disposed on the costa, also within and below the cell; a discal series of black-speckled spots, one on each vein, and a marginal row of spots; cilia brown: hind wing ochreous-white, external area pale cupreous-brown ; marginal spots black ; cilia white. Underside ochreous-white, suffused with pink externally; both wings speckled with brown on anterior and exterior borders, and with a marginal row of black spots ; fore wing with a small black costal spot before the apex. Expanse, 6* 1§» $ If inch. HaB. Manpuri, N.W. India (Home), Darjiling; Khasia Hills {Atkinson). Tn coll. F. Moore and Dr. Staudinger. LEUCANIA SUBSIGNATA, n. sp. Male. Fore wing pale ochreous, darker between the veins ; several minute black speckles disposed along the costal border below the cell, two clustered series within the cell, and others beyond the cell; a discal and marginal row of minute black spots : hind wing white, discal area brownish. Underside paler; fore wing with a black costal spot before the apex ; hind wing with a few black speckles on anterior border. Expanse I inch. Hab. N.W. Himalaya. In coll. F. Moore. LEUCANIA CONSIMILIS, n. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 19.) Male. Near to L. decissima, but differs iu being larger, paler, and more uniformly coloured. Fore wing with paler linear markings between the veins, the white portion of the discoidal streak half its length and less distinct, the transverse discal spots and the subbasal series more loosely speckled, the marginal series less distinct, the basal two thirds of the wing also sparsely sprinkled with black speckles : hind wing paler brown, and whitish at the base. Underside of both wings ochrecus-white, with an indistinct transverse discal brown line. Thorax, head, and palpi brown-speckled; legs with pale-brown streaks. Expanse ly7^ inch. HaB. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. LEUCANIA COMPTA, n. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 8.) Mcde. Fore wing pale brownish ochreous, veins ochreous-white, with intervening pale white and brown lines ; a transverse discal row of distinct minute black points; subcostal branches and median with its branches slightly black-bordered to the discal points; two indistinct black spots on the costa, one below the cell, and two on the submedian vein ; marginal row of black dots indistinct: hind wing ochreous-white, veins and the apical border ochreous-brown. Thorax, palpi, and legs above brownish ochreous with darker speckles; abdomen ochreous-white. Expanse lrL inch. Hab. Pudda river (Atkinson). In coll. Dr. Staudinger. |