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COLLECTION OF THE LATE Alli. W. 8. ATKLNSON. 



BY 

 FREDERIC MOORE, F.Z.S. etc., 



tATE ASSISTANT CITEATOR, INDIA MTJSEITM, LONDOK. 



Family P Y II A L I D JE. 



Genus LOCASTRA, Walker. 

 LOCASTUA LATIVITTA, n. sp. (Plate VII. fig. 1.) 



Allied to L. citproviridaUs. Male smaller: fore wing with an imperfect transverse sub- 

 basal and discal zigzag black line ; the basal and outer areas glossy greenish-ochreous ; the 

 medial area white, clouded with greenish-ochreous and with two black-and-white tufted 

 spots within the cell ; a slight white tuft also at base of the wing : hind wing white, with 

 a dusky brownish-ochreous apical band, which ends in a slender line at the anal angle ; a 

 very small spot on lower median vein close to the band. Thorax, head, and legs above 

 glossy greenish-ochreous ; abdomen white, with blackish dorsal bands ; palpi ochreous-white, 

 with blackish tip ; legs with brnwn and wliite bands. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Hah. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



PANNUCIIA, n. g. 



Allied to Locastm. Fore wing with the costal vein having a triangular notched glan- 

 dular fold beyond the middle, the subcostal branches beneath being swollen and distorted : 

 discocellular very concave, tlie radials much recurved downward, the upper radial from 

 middle of discocellular, lower from end of the cell ; two upper medians from beyoml end 

 of the cell, lower near the end : hind wing witli the costal vein curved upward near the end : 

 PART in. — Sept. 5, 1887. e 



