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Show 368 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC [Mar. 1, ADISURA ATKINSONI, n. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 6.) Male and Female. Fore wing pale purplish brownish-ochreous, with a suffused paler fascia from base through the cell to the apex; indistinctly speckled with minute black scales, which are most apparent on the costal border ; a curved discal transverse recurved series of minute black points, which are less distinct in the male: hind wing pale ochreous-yellow, with a slight purplish-brown sub-marginal fascia; median and submedian veins lined with darker brown scales. Underside of both wings uniformly pale ochreous, with a few brown speckles along the costal border. Thorax brownish ochreous ; pectus, palpi at the side, and legs brighter ochreous, fore and middle femora with a brown streak ; abdomen above brown-speckled. Expanse, 3 1T 2^, $ IT^ inch. HaB. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. ADISURA LEUCANIOIDES, n. sp. Male and Female. Fore wing pale brownish ochreous, greyish along the costal border ; minutely brown-speckled, which gives it the appearance of a fascia along the costa and from below the apex to posterior margin ; some indistinct brown spots within the cell, and a transverse recurved row of minute indistinct black points; cilia brownish, edged with white : hind wing whitish ochreous at base, ochreous externally, and with a distinct continuous marginal suffused brown band ; cilia ochreous-white. Body, palpi, and legs ochreous ; thorax greyish; Underside pale ochreous : fore wing with a discal dusky band and discocellular spot. Expanse ly2^ inch. HaB. Kutch (Western India). In coll. F. Moore. ADISURA MARGINALIS. Anthophila marginalis, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M . xii. p. 830 (1857). Male and Female. Pale gamboge-yellow : fore wing with a pale pink hand along the costa and a similar hand above the posterior margin ; extreme edge of the costa yellow ; cilia pale pink, edged with white : hind wing paler yellow at the base, with a slight ochreous outer border; cilia edged with white. Expanse, cf y-J-, 2 1 inch. HaB. Calcutta. In coll. F. Moore and Dr. Staudinger. ADISURA DELICIA. Lleliothis delicia, Felder and Roeenh. Nov. Voy. iv. pi. 108. f. 40 (1872). J * HaB. Bangkok ; Amboina {Felder). ADISURA DULCIS, n. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 20.) Male and Female. Fore wing golden yellow, with a prominent purphsh-pink band along the costal, exterior, and posterior margins |