G.S2 MR. F. MOORE ON BENGALESK LEPIDOl'TERA. [May 2.S, 



II. iMPLETA, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxi. Suppl. i. p. 286. 



In Coll. W. S. Atkinson, Esq. 



ri. iMPERiALis, Walk. ib. iii. p. 655, 



Aloa lactinea, Cram. t. 133. f. D. 



Bombyx sanguinea, Fabr. (Donovan, Ins. Ind. pi. 53). 



Amerila astr^a, Drury, Ins. ii. pi. 28. f. 4. 

 In Coll. A. E. Russell. 



Spilosoma suffusa. Walk. /. c. iii. p. 6/7. 



S. gopara, Moore, I. c. ii. p. 356, pi. 9a. f. 11. 



Arctia imbuta, Walk. /. c. iii. p. G\4. 



Alphea abdominalis, n. sp. 



Ma/e and female. Differs from A. fulvohirta in having the spots 

 lai'ger and more regular in shape, and their interspaces jet-black ; the 

 hind wing being ochreous yellow, with two marginal series of black 

 spots, which are smaller and run more or less into one another ; the 

 thorax in front is jet-black, and has three rounded white spots and 

 an oval spot above on each side, the tegulse or shoulder-piece having 

 only a small black central spot ; the abdomen is reddish ochreous, 

 longer, and is not hairy, and has the tip, the anal tuft, and a dorsal 

 and lateral row of spots jet-black. 



Expanse, c? 2, $ 2| inches. 



Darjeeling {Sherwill). In Coll. F. Moore. 



Fam. NoTODONTiD.«. 



Menapia xanthophila. Walk. Cat. Lep. B. M. xxxii. Suppl. ii. 

 p. 462. 



Cyphanta xanthochlora. Walk. ib. xxxiii. Suppl. iii, p, 856. 



Cetola dentata. Walk. ib. v, p. 1016, 



Phalera sangana, Moore, Cat, Lep E. I. C. ii. p. 433. 



P. GROTEi, Moore, ib. ii. p. 434. 



Calcutta. 



Larva feeds on Ceesalpinia and Cassia fistula. — A. Gi'ote, Esq. 



P. cossoiDEs, Walk. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3rd ser. i, p, 80. 

 Silhet, 



Ichthyura fulgurita. Walk. Cat, Lep. B. M, xxxii, Suppl. ii. 

 p. 433. 



Calcutta, 



