1865. ] MR. F. MOORE ON BENGALESE LEPIDOPTERA. 797 
GroTea, nu. g., Moore. 
Palpi erect ; third joint short. Antenne long, filiform. Thorax 
and body broad, robust. Abdomen as long as the hind wings. Fore 
wings large, broad, elongate ; costa arched at the base ; apex some- 
what pointed, exterior margin slightly oblique. Hind wings large, 
trigonate ; the apex produced, outer margin slightly concave below 
the apex, rounded posteriorly. Subcostal vein of fore wing five- 
branched ; first, second, and fifth joined at their base; third and 
fourth remote, arising beneath from the second at equal distances. 
GROTEA ELEGANS, n. sp. (Pl. XLIII. f. 1.) 
Female orange-yellow ; fore wing with seven black spots at the 
base, beyond which are two transverse elbowed series of purplish- 
white black-bordered spots, the outer half of the wing being covered 
with similar series of more or less suffused purplish maculated bands, 
the interspaces of which apically are wholly purplish black ; hind 
wing with an irregular basal series, a lower discal row, a submarginal 
and marginal row of black spots, those of the two latter at the apex 
confluent. Thorax aud abdomen spotted with black. 
Expanse 53 inches, 
N.E. Bengal. In Coll. A. Grote, Esq. 
BarsIneE DeFeEctTaA, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. ii. p. 546. 
Darjeeling. 
B. nusrrascia, Walk. ib. Suppl. p. 251. 
Lirnosta maGnirica, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soe. vi. p. 103. 
L. viripata, Walk. Cat. Lep. B. M. Suppl. p. 225. 
L. DISJUNCTA, 0. sp. 
Male. Fore wing yellow, with the costa to near the tip, a sub- 
apical streak, a short oblique transverse line near base of inner mar- 
gin, beyond which is an elongated triangular streak, metallic green, 
the space between the two latter buff brown, which colour also suf- 
fuses the middle of the wing; hind wing yellowish white. Thorax 
yellow ; tegule metallic green; abdomen yellow. Differs from L. 
viridata in being larger and having broader fore wings. 
Expanse 2 inches. 
Darjeeling. In Coll. A. E. Russell. 
L. VARANA, 0. sp. 
Male. Upperside pale testaceous white. Underside with the 
fore wing pale brown, except a costal line, which with the hind wing 
is testaceous white. Antennze and tip of palpi brown. Abdomen 
pale fawn-colour at the base, yellow at the tip. Legs yellow; front 
of fore legs brown, Front of thorax and head pale yellow. 
Female’ white, with a yellowish costal line. 
Expanse 13 inch. 
Darjeeling. In Coll. A. E. Russell; W.S. Atkinson ; Brit. Mus. ; 
EF. Moore. 
