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Show 430 COL. C. SWINHOE ON NEW [Nov. 5, EUPITHECIA INFESTATA, n. sp. Fore wings very long, outer border rounded, slightly oblique, costa and hinder margin almost straight; abdomen rather stout, long, extending one third beyond the hind wings ; general coloration cinereous grey, marginal line in both wings brown, fringe varied and interlined with whitish ; fore wings with a prominent brown spot at the end of the cell, and both wings with an indistinct submarginal lunular whitish line, but in most of the specimens this is obsolete ; hind wings paler towards the costa, with some brown marks near the anal border towards the angle. Underside paler, with a brown spot at the end of each cell, and a discal submarginal faint line on each wing, and some brown marks on the costa of the fore wings near the apex; tibia with brown bands. Expanse of wings T 9^ inch. Hab. Mhow, October; Poona and Khandalla, October; Nilgiri Hills, 6800 feet, June to September : numerous specimens. Somewhat allied to the European E. minuta, but slightly larger and with less defined markings. ZERENIDI. ABRAXAS LUTEOLARIA, n. sp. Ochreous yellow, markings black : fore wings, costa with black dots and marks, the entire wing irrorated with black atoms ; three subbasal costal marks like the commencement of bands, and two complete bands-one antemedial but very near the middle, the other discal; the first bent towards the costa, the other nearly straight and inclining outwards ; a black rib within both bands on each vein ; fringe interlined with black, giving the wing the appearance of a black marginal line. Hind wings much paler whitish on the basal half, the irrorations more sparse, and with two bands corresponding to the two complete bands of the fore wings-the first incomplete, and on one specimen hardly visible ; the other band composed of a streak on the hinder margin, and a spot on each vein, forming a band corresponding with the shape of the outer margin : head and body of the same yellow colour as the fore wings; head and thorax with some black dots; abdomen with a dorsal row of black spots and some on the sides. Below the wings are of a pale uniform dull yellow, irrorated and marked as above ; body ochreous; antennae and legs black. Expanse of wings 2 inches. Hab. Nilgiri. Hills. One pair, in perfect condition, received from Mr. Hampson. Nearest to the Darjeeling A. irrorataria (P. Z. S. 1867, p. 652), which is a yellowish species with black irrorations on the fore wings. A. luteolaria differs in the fore wing being more densely irrorated, and in the male having a well-formed medial and postmedial blackish band, and also a maculated baud on the hind wing, these bands being less defined in the female. |
