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Show 338 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC [Mar. 1, hind wing brown-speckled, with a distinct blackish discocellular lunular spot. Legs brownish above. Expanse 1 j\ inch. HaB. Umballa, N.W. India. In coll. F. Moore. LEUCANIA ABDOMINALIS, n. sp. Female. Fore wing ochreous-white, with very pale ochreous-yellow lines between all the veins, a slightly darker shade below the cell and obliquely below the apex ; a small black spot below the cell, two on the disk, and a marginal row of minute dots : hind wing ochreous-white on costal half, pale ochreous-brown on anal half. Underside ochreous-white, subcostal and median vein brown-speckled; hind wing sparsely brown-speckled, with a prominent blackish discocellular spot; both wings with a marginal row of distinct black dots. Body ochreous-white, abdomen above and beneath brown-speckled ; palpi and legs above pale brownish ochreous. Expanse ly4^ inch. HaB. Bengal {Russell). In coll. F. Moore. LEUCANIA DHARMA, n. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 17.) Female. Near to L. album. Fore wing pale ochreous-brown, costal and posterior borders and oblique fascia below the apex paler; a pale brown line between the veins; veins whitish, the median and its branches to the transverse discal indistinct, black points most prominent; a black spot within end of the cell; a few black speckles on costal and posterior borders : hind wing and abdomen paler brown, whitish at the base. Underside uniformly paler and brown-speckled ; fore wing with a black costal spot and indistinct transverse brownish fascia; hind wing with a transverse discal series of brown points, one on each vein, and discocellular lunular spot. Thorax grey, with black speckles ; front of head, palpi, and legs above pale brown with darker speckles. Expanse ly^iuch. Hab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. LEUCANIA ALBICOSTA, n. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 10.) Female. Similar to same sex of L,. dharma, but paler-coloured : fore wing with the costal border, apical fascia, and posterior margin ochreous-white, the veins and lines between them not so prominent, the median vein being of the same uniform colour as the others ; an indistinct blackish spot on the costa, and another spot below the cell. Underside-fore wing with discal area broadly brownish; hind wing brown-speckled, and with a prominent blackish discocellular spot and marginal row of dots. Thorax very pale and not speckled ; palpi and legs above pale ochreous-brown and not speckled. Expanse 1T 4 ¥ inch. Hab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. |