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Show 354 MR. F. MOORE ON N E W ASIATIC [Mar. 1, antemedian and a straight postmedian pale line with black-speckled borders; a submarginal zigzag pale-bordered black-speckled fascia ; orbicular and reniform spots pale, with black-speckled border ; a marginal row of black dots : hind wing brown ; cilia pale ochreous-brown. Thorax, and head grey-speckled; palpi with broad brown lateral band ; legs dark brown, with ochreous speckles and tarsal bands. Expanse lTf inch. Hab. Darjiling (Russell). In coll. F. Moore and Dr. Staudinger. Fam. COSMIID^E. Genus C O S M I A , Ochs. C O S M I A H Y P E N O I D E S , n. sp. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 19.) Male and Female. Fore wing dark purple-brown, crossed by an outwardly oblique antemedian, a median, and an outwardly-angled postmedian transverse pale-bordered black line, a black dot at base of cell, a submarginal indistinct lunular line, and a marginal black line; orbicular and reniform spots very indistinct : hind wing and abdomen dull brown. Thorax purple-brown; palpi grey, with broad black band on second joint; fore and middle legs with blackish bands. Expanse ly^ inch. Hab. Parisnath Hill (Bengal). In coll. Dr. Staudinger. Fam. HADENID^E. Genus D I A N T H E C I A , Boisd. D I A N T H E C I A C O N F L U E N S , n. sp. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 20.) Fore wing dark purple-brown, crossed by a subbasal black-bordered pale-ochreous sinuous line, a similar antemedian and a postmedian narrow waved line, and a submarginal brown-bordered pale line; orbicular and reniform spots pale ochreous with brown centre; the two lower median branches pale ochreous to the postmedian line; a black dentate mark below the cell; a marginal row of dentate lunules ; cilia brown: hind wing greyish dusky-brown, palest at base, and with a pale-bordered brown transverse discal line; cilia ochreous. Body and legs dark purple-brown, black-speckled. Expanse l\ inch. Hab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. Genus EUPLEXIA, Stephens. E U P L E X I A DISTORTA, 11. sp. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 18.) Male and Female. Fore wing black, with transverse distorted white bands, including an outer marginal sinuous bordered band : hind wing pale blackish-cinerous exernally and whitish basally ; cilia white. Thorax black, with white tegulae, crest, and collar ; 'abdomen blackish at tip ; palpi black tipt with white ; legs black, with white streaks and tarsal bands. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. |