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Show 370 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC [M fore wing with a straight transverse dark ochreous-brown median band, a recurved discal white line, the outer margin clouded with ochreous brown, a black dot before the apex: hind wing white. Body, palpi, and legs white ;' second joint of palpi with a pale ochreous band. Expanse yV inch. HaB. Bombay. In coll. F. Moore. T H A L P O C H A R E S ALBIDA, n. sp. White : fore wing with a very pale slender ochreous-brown median transverse oblique band, and an interrupted submarginal similar band: hind wing white, with a very faint pale ochreous margin. Expanse y5^- inch. Hab. Bombay. In coll. F. Moore. THALPOCHARES ROSEANA, n. sp. Micra roseana, V. M . d. R. M S. Male and Female. Ochreous-white : fore wing with a very oblique median transverse greenish ochreous-brown band, and a broadly recurved transverse discal whitish line, the interspace being bright purple-red ; outer margin greenish ochreous-brown, with a minute indistinct apical and posterior black dot: hind wing with greenish ochreous-brown outer margin. Body, palpi, and legs white ; second joint of palpi and fore legs above ochreous. Expanse, 3 j% $ T % inch. Hab. Bombay (Dr Leith). In coll. F. Moore. Slightly smaller in size than the allied T. rivula, the oblique transverse fascia and line being more oblique. It has also been taken at Dharmsala by Rev. J. H . Hocking. THALPOCHARES TRIFASCIATA, n. sp. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 21.) White: fore wing with two oblique transverse narrow basal bands, and a broad outer lilac-grey band, each thickly studded with ochreous-brown scales ; a slight apical red patch bordered by a few black dots, which continue hindward indistinctly to the angle : hind wing thickly studded with ochreous-brown scales on posterior area. Body brown-scaled ; fore tarsi with brown bands. Expanse y8-^ inch. Hab. Calcutta. In coll. Dr. Staudino-er. O T H A L P O C H A R E S QUADRILINEATA, n. sp. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 14.) Fore wing pale ochreous, irrorated with minute brown scales, these scales darkest along inner border of four transverse equidistant pale lines, and also on the costa before the apex, the basal line very indistinct ; a white streak from the apex followed by a recurved row of indistinct black speckles ; outer border bright ochreous: hind wing ochreous-white, with ochreous marginal line. Body, palpi, and legs above ochreous. Expanse y8^ inch. Hab. Calcutta. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. |