48 Mr. F. Moore on new species of Diurnal Lepidoptera. 



attached (omitted in ' British Molhisca') ; hut of course it can only- 

 he regarded, as well as the lanthince, us occasional visitants of our 

 coasts, having heen prohahly brought hither by the Gulf Stream. 



1 Montagu Square, London. 

 Dec. 1857. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE IL 



Fig. \ . Poromya subtrigona. 



Fig. 2. Diodonta Barleei. 



Fig. 3. Odostomia minima. 



Fig. 4. Operciihnn of 0. truncutula. 



Fig. 5. EuUmella obeliscus. 



Fig. 6. Ampliisphyra globosa. 



VI. — Descriptions of three new species of Diurnal Lepidoptera. 

 By Frederic Moore. 



Genus Limenitis^ Fabr. 



1 . Limenitis Mat a, Moore. 



Distinguished from Lim. Procris by the black colour of the 

 upjier side, and deep red of the transverse band from apex of 

 fore-wing to abdominal angle, and a short, transverse band near 

 the base of the fore-wing ; also in the white spots of the fore- 

 wing being widely separated, and the broad white band on the 

 hind-wing being short and extending to the middle of the abdo- 

 minal margin. 



Expanse, 2f inches. 



Hab. Manilla. In Coll. Brit. Mus. and W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



2. Limenitis Colidosa, Moore. 



Differs on the upper side from Lim. Zulema, Douhleday, in 

 having the hind-wings more rounded ; the transverse maculated 

 band being narrower, and its outer margin on hind-wing much 

 scalloped; also the spots on the fore-wing are widely sepa- 

 rated, especially those obliquely from the costal margin ; and 

 the two small subapical spots are absent. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



Hab. Ceylon. In Coll. Brit. Mus. and E. L. Layard, Esq. 



Genus Hesttna, Westwood. 



Diadema {Hestina), Westwood, in Doubleday and Hewitson's Diurnal 

 Lep. p. 281 (1850). 



3. Hestina Mena, Moore. 



Male. Upper-side pale greenisli~white ; fore-wing with all the 



