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Show 1893.] SPECIES OF MOTHS FROM INDIA. 363 Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous whitish. Underside dull white, with hardly any trace of markings. Expanse of wings 34 millim. Hab. Darjiling. Though taken at the same time and place as A. rivularis, this can hardly be the same species. AMATHIA SANGUINIPUNCTATA, sp. n. (Plate XXXI. fig. 17.) 2 . Fore wings dull white ; costa ochreous ; basal patch, central fascia, and hind marginal area crossed by ochreous and fine dark lines, intermixed with blood-red spots. Hind wings dull white, without markings ; the hind margin before the fringes being slightly greyer. Head and thorax ochreous. Underside dull greyish white. Expanse of wings 28 millim. Hab. Sikkim. From Jongri, at 13,000 feet. AMATHIA RIVULARIS, sp. n. (Plate XXXI. fig. 16.) 2 . Fore wings pale yellowish ochreous, crossed by four irregular dark fasciae, consisting of dark grey lines and streaks :-one basal, angulated exteriorly ; the second before the middle, thickest in the costal half; the third beyond the middle; and the fourth sub-terminal ; the first and second are twice bent before the inner margin; marginal space varied with grey ; the veins blackish before the fringes. Hind wings ochreous whitish, with ochreous fringes. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous. Underside paler and duller, with the markings all dull grey. Expanse of wings 34 millim. Hab. Darjiling. Taken in Mav and June at an elevation of 7000 feet. PHTHONOLOBA OLIVACEA, sp. n. (Plate XXXI. fig. 20.) 2 . Fore wiugs dull greyish green with a slight olive tinge, with the basal patch and 4 fascia? darker green, traversed by fine darker lines; an indistinct dark cell-spot; the grey interspaces between the fascia? are each traversed by a faint, slightly darker grey line. Hind wings dull grey, without markings. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen dull olive-green. Underside of both wings cinereous, with scarcely any markings. Expanse of wings 32 millim. Hab. Darjiling. ASTHENA FLAVILINEA, Sp. n. 2 • Fore wings sandy ochreous, dusted with darker, and traversed throughout by a succession of fine, much undulating, rusty ochreous lines running parallel to the hind margin. Hind wings similar; fringes sandy ochreous ; both wings with a small black cell-spot. Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous. Underside duller, more whitish, with similar markings. Expanse of wings 26 millim. Hab. Tonglo. [A single specimen taken by myself in July at light is the only one I have seen.-H. J. E.~\ |