448 ^li". F. Moore on some 



what way to account for the pynonyniy exhibitL-d in ULs 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 1S92. 



LXVI. — Defter ij)t ions of some, new Species of Asiatic 

 Saturniidffi. By F. MoORE, F.E.S. 



1. Anthercpa pulchra. 



Male. — Varied with ochreous red on the basal area, 

 orange-yellow along the apical border, and olive-grey on hind 

 margins, the outer bordei-s olive-grey; ocelli oval, with thick 

 black outer ring, slightly protuberant at Uj)per 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 fascijB, 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 fascije as in the male; outer borders paler; submar- 

 ginal band broad, with prominent white border; ocellus of 

 fore wing protuberant at upi)er and lower end of the cell, the 

 black border thickened at tlie 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- 

 sj)aee between the subbasal dusky band and the submarginal 

 band is also wider. 



2. Anthercea fasciata. 



^fah'. — Pale brownish ochreous ; discal area slightly tinted 



