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Show 364 MR. F. MOORE ON N E W ASIATIC [Mar. 1, MASALIA, n. g. Wings small: fore wing short, narrow; costal vein running close to the margin; first subcostal branch short, emitted at one fourth before end of the cell, second at equal distance between first and fifth, trifid, the third and fourth at about one half from base of second, fifth from end of the cell, ascending and touching the second at halfway between its base and third; upper discocellular straight, short, lower concave, bent near lower end, radials from the angles ; upper median branch from angle above end of the cell, middle branch from the end, lower from opposite first subcostal. Hind wing small, exterior margin convex ; two subcostal branches from end of the cell; discocellular bent in the middle, radial from the angle; cell short; two upper median branches from end of the cell. Body moderately slender; palpi minute, slender, porrect; antennae filiform ; fore tibia armed with a pair of terminal spines. Type M. radiata. MASALIA RADIATA, n. sp. Fore wing greyish ochreous-brown, with a pale yellow longitudinal narrow streak from base of the cell to outer margin ; a short basal streak below it between the median and submedian veins, and a narrower streak extending along and between the subcostal and median veins; costal edge yellow; cilia pale pinkish grey: hind wing greyish brown. Underside greyish brown; fore wing with white streaks disposed as on upperside. Thorax, head, palpi, and legs above ochreous-brown; terminal spines on fore tibia black ; abdomen ochreous ; eyes black. Expanse ff inch. HaB. Manpuri, N . W . India (Home). In coll. F. Moore. MASALIA IRRORATA, n. sp. Female. Fore wing pale reddish ochreous, with paler streaks between the veins, speckled with minute dark-brown scales, which are most numerous along the area of the veins and on posterior border ; an oblique transverse discal series of six black points, one on each lower vein; cilia bordered with white : hind wing white; cilia white. Underside very pale ochreous-white; fore wing with the costal border tinged with red; median veins brown-speckled. Thorax pale reddish ochreous; front of head, palpi, and legs above brownish ochreous. Expanse 1T 5 T inch. HaB. Darjiling. In coll. F. Moore. PRADATTA, n. g. Fore wing comparatively short and broad ; costa slightly depressed in the middle, exterior margin oblique, posterior margin convex near the base; cell long; first subcostal branch rather short, second emitted from near end of the cell, trifurcate, third and fourth close together, fifth curved abruptly upward from end of the cell and |