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Show 362 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC [Mar. 1, HELIOTHIS SUCCINEA, n. sp. Male and Female. Ochreous-yellow : fore wing crossed by two subbasal brown zigzag lines, an outwardly-waved median line, a lunular discal line, and a sinuous submarginal line, with indistinct paler intervening lines, the space between the discal lunular line and the submarginal line dusky ochreous-brown : hind wing with an ochreous-black marginal band enclosing a pale yellow central spot. Underside with dusky markings similar to those in H. armigera. Thorax greenish ochreous; abdomen, palpi, and legs yellowish ochreous. Expanse, 3 1 inch, $ 1 g. Hab. Bombay (Dr. Leith). In coll. F. Moore. This is allied to H. armigera, but is smaller and differently coloured ; the fore-wing markings also differ. BAGHUVA, n. g. Fore wing short, narrow ; costa slightly arched at the base and with a swollen protuberance on its middle; exterior margin oblique and convex ; costal veins recurved ; subcostal recurved before end of the cell, first branch recurved towards the costa, emitted at half length of the cell, second branch emitted before end of cell, trifurcate, third from near its base, fourth at one half its length, fifth from end of the cell, curved upward, and touching third near its base ; discocellular bent near each end, radials from the angles ; two upper median branches from angles at end of the cell, lower at some distance before the end. Hind wing short; two subcostal branches emitted beyond end of the cell; discocellular concave, very slender, a slender radial from its middle, two upper median branches from end of the cell, lower from near its end. Body extending beyond hind wing; palpi slender, apex short; legs slender, femora slightly pilose beneath, fore tibia in male armed with two terminal spines in front; antennae setose. BAGHUVA CONFERTISSIMA. Leucania confertissima, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxii. p. 625 (1865). Hab. S. India. SOPHAGA, 11. g. Allied to Dorika. Wings longer and comparatively broader ; fore wing with straighter costa and shorter posterior margin ; first subcostal moderately long, second emitted immediately before end of the cell, third trifurcate, emitted at end of the cell, and anastomosing with second very close to its base for a short distance, fourth and fifth short; upper discocellular very short, lower very slender and deeply concave ; radials from angle of upper and near end of lower, two upper median branches from angles at end of the cell, lower from near the end. Hind wing with two subcostal branches emitted at one fourth beyond end of the cell; discocellular bent in the middle; radial from its angle; two upper median branches from |