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Show 1874.] MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC LEPIDOPTERA. 571 brown. Underside ferruginous yellow; markings prominent, black-bordered ; two marginal lunular lines on hind wing. Exp. 1^ inch. Hab. Sumatra (Wallace). In Coll. Oxford University Museum and F. Moore. NEPTIS HARITA. (Plate LXVI. fig. 8.) Male and female. Upperside olive-brown : fore wing with paler and rather indistinct discoidal streak and dentate discocellular mark; two transverse discal series of pale black-bordered zigzag lunules, and a submarginal similar lunular line: hind wing with pale narrow subbasal transverse band, with dark outer border, beyond which is a blackish fascia, and then a submarginal row of pale-bordered dark lunules (these lunules being triangular in the female). Underside olive-brown ; markings as above, but whiter. Exp. 2 inches. Hab. E. Bengal. In Coll. F. Moore. Allied to N. vikasi, but may be distinguished from it by its smaller size, less-distinct markings, and in the submarginal band of the hind wing being formed of distinct lunules. NEPTIS OMERODA. Upperside blackish, glossed with greenish olive-brown ; banded with olive-brown, as in N. vikasi; the upper portion of transverse discal series of spots on the fore wing oval, lower portion rounded. Underside black, palest externally, with a glaucous gloss ; veins brown; discoidal streak, lower portion of transverse discal series of spots of fore wing, and inner band of hind wing pale fuliginous ; the subapical spots and outer bands greyish white, the scales on the latter beiug raised or depressed and thus having the appearance of short strigae. Exp. 1| inch. Hab. Penang. In Coll. Oxford University Museum. Allied to N. vikasi, but is a much blacker insect both above and below. Fam. LYCENID^E. CHRYSOPHANUS ADITYA. (Plate LXVI. fig. 1.) Allied to C. hippothoe. Male. Upperside brilliant metallic brassy copper-red: cilia black, edged with white: fore wing with a narrow jet-black costal edge and outer marginal band, the band expanded at the apex and maculate between the veins: hind wing with a marginal jet-black line and prominent conical spots ; abdominal margin greyish. Underside : fore wing pale golden yellow, brightest on the disk ; two pale-bordered black spots within and a larger spot crossing end of the cell; a curved series of four black spots from the costa before the apex, a submarginal series of black dentate lunules, and a marginal row of small black spots: hind wing dull greyish white ; two black spots above, two below, two within, and a geminated spot at 37* |
