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Show 346 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIAT [Mar. 1, palpi, and legs pale ferruginous; palpi laterally and legs above slightly brown-streaked. Near to A. undiciha, Yv alker. Expanse lyV inch. Hab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. APAMEA STRIGIDISCA, n. sp. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 9.) Male. Fore wing dark ferruginous; costal border, some basal streaks/and discal area paler ferruginous; a transverse antemedian and po'stmedian sinuous pale-bordered black lines; orbicular and reniform spots black-lined, with a pale inner border and blackish centre; a black conical mark below the orbicular spot; a submarginal transverse pale line, the middle portion zigzag and longitudinally crossed by a black line between the median veins; base of cell and posterior margin black-streaked; submedian vein black; some black streaks on the costal border, and a marginal waved line with a row of black points : hind wing pale ferruginous-brown. Body ferruginous; collar and tegulae, front of head, palpi laterally, and bands on legs black. Expanse If inch. Hab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. The markings in this species are somewhat similar to those in Mamestra adjusta, Esper. APAMEA BASALIS, n. sp. Fore wing dusky ferruginous-brown ; veins broadly grey-speckled, with intervening cupreous-brown longitudinal streaks ; two indistinct subbasal and a median transverse black sinuous line ; orbicular spot black-lined ; reniform spot pale ochreous and ill-defined ; discal and apical areas with pale ochreous longitudinal streaks; a marginal row of Hack dentate spots: hind wing pale brownish-ochreous, with darker-brown marginal band. Thorax, head, palpi, and legs above dusky ferruginous-brown, grey-speckled; abdomen brownish ochreous, with brown dorsal tufts. Expanse If inch. Hab. Dalhousie, N.W. Himalaya. In coll. F. Moore. APAMEA NUBILA, n. sp. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 10.) Male and Female. Fore wing dark purple-brown, washed with chalybeate-grey, crossed by a subbasal, antemedian, postmedian, and a submarginal sinuous black-bordered grey line ; orbicular and reniform spots greyish, their interspace and a streak below base of the cell, a mark below the orbicular spot, and a streak above posterior angle black : hind wing and abdomen pale ochreous-brown. Thorax dark purple-brown ; palpi and legs ochreous-brown, the latter with black bands. Expanse ly3^ inch. Hab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. |