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Show 1889.] MR. A. G. BUTLER ON A NEW FOSSIL MOTH. 295 CALOSPILA, H.-Sch. (Plate XXXI. fig. 5.) Black, spotted and banded with white; head sometimes orange. 1. CALOSPILA P STHUMARIA, H.-Sch. = Cadyanda lugens, Walk. Brazil. 2. CALOSPILA PICARIA, Walk.= Lagyra picaria, Walk. Java. 3. CALOSPILA LEUCOMELA, Walk.= Celerena! leucomela, Walk. Philippines. SIMENA, Walk. Blackish or slaty grey, the primaries with or without a white band ; head and collar orange. 1. SIMENA LUCTIFERA, Walk. Central America. 2. SIMENA NIGRICANS, Walk. Brazil. CRASPEDOSIS, Butl. (Piate XXXI. fig. 2.) Black, banded and spotted with white ; the abdomen more or less ochreous. 1. CRASPEDOSIS ERNESTINA, Cram. = Celerena sobria, Walk. Amboina and Ceram. 2. CRASPEDOSIS (undetermined species). Aru. 3. CRASPEDOSIS EXTENUATA, Walk. = Celerena extenuata, Walk. Timor. MNIOCERA, Butl. Black, spotted and sometimes banded with white ; the abdomen banded with ochreous. 1. MNIOCERA CINCTA, Walk. = Celerena cincta, Walk. Timor. 2. MNIOCERA CINERESCENS, Butl. New Ireland. Of these genera the species from the Malayan and Moluccan islands are much nearer to Lithopsyche than those of the New World, the latter being probably of more recent origin ; of the allied genera with partly ochreous or orange secondaries, viz. Bracca and Prcesos from Australia, the latter still retains almost the same pattern on its primaries. If, therefore, anv form more closely related to 20* |
