448 Mr. F. Moore on some 
what way to account for the synonymy exhibited in his list 
is far beyond my comprehension. 
I have myself long passed the conventional term of human 
life, and would gladly welcome the appearance of any one 
who would carry on the work which has been my study for 
more than fifty years, but not in such a fashion as this. 
Gumley, Market Harborough, 
March 1892. 
LX VI.—Descriptions of some new Species of Asiatic 
Saturniide. By F. Moors, F.E.S. 
1. Antherwa pulchra. 
fale-—Varied with ochreous red on the basal area, 
orange-yellow along the apical border, and olive-grey on hind 
margins, the outer borders olive-grey ; ocelli oval, with thick 
black outer ring, slightly protuberant at upper and lower end 
of the cell; submarginal band dark red, very slightly white- 
bordered; subbasal bands prominent, black ; two transverse 
discal, dusky ochreous-brown, lunular fasciz, both clouded 
anteriorly on the fore wing and blackish on the hind wing, 
the inner discal fascia being very narrow and the outer one 
broad. 
Female.—Varied deep orange-brown; with two darker 
discal fascize as in the male; outer borders paler; submar- 
ginal band broad, with prominent white border; ocellus of 
fore wing protuberant at upper and lower end of the cell, the 
black border thickened at the lower protuberance ; ocellus of 
hind wing less protuberant. 
Expanse 5? inches. 
Hab. Satara Hills, Bombay (Coussmaker). 
A larger insect than the three following: distinguishable 
from them in the male by the broader dusky outer discal 
band and much narrower inner discal fascia, the latter 
crossing the wing outside the cell on both wings; the inter- 
space between the subbasal dusky band and the submarginal 
band is also wider. 
2. Antherea fasciata. 
Male.—Pale brownish ochreous ; discal area slightly tinted 
