400 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC LEPIDOPTERA. [May G, 



brown along anterior border. Palpi dusky brown at the side. Fore 

 legs ocbreous-brown in front. 



Expanse, 6 If, $ If- i ncn - 



Hab. Bombay {Dr. Leith), N. Canara {Ward). In coll. F. 

 Moore. 



Artaxa erecta, n. sp. (Plate XXXII. fig. C.) 

 Female. Pale yellow : fore wingW\\\i a broad, median, transverse, 

 erect, ochreous-brown speckled band.' 

 Expanse 1 *- inch. 

 Hab. Canara, S. India {Ward). In coll. F. Moore. 



Artaxa brevivitta, n. sp. (Plate XXXII. fig. 10.) 



Male. Ocbrey-yellow, paler on hind wing : fore wing with a broad, 

 black-speckled, short band, extending from middle of hind margin 

 upward to end of the cell. Underside of anterior border ochreous. 



Expanse lg inch. 



Hab. Bengal {Russell). In coll. F. Moore. 



Allied to A. howra, Moore, from Calcutta. Distinguished from it 

 by the broad band on hind margin and in the absence of a black cell- 

 spot. 



Euproctis subdita, n. sp. 



Male. Upperside white : hind winy with the anterior border and 

 apex thickly irrorated with brown scales ; anal tuft bright yellow. 

 Underside — fore wing with the anterior border broadly dusky black : 

 hind wing with the anterior border narrowly speckled with brown. 

 Antennae dusky brown, shaft white. 



Exp. 1 inch. 



Hab. Ceylon. In coll. F. Moore. 



Allied to E. auriflua of Europe. Distinguished by its smaller size 

 and absence of markings ou the fore wing. 



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Euproctis flavonigra, n. sp. (Plate XXXII. fig. 11.) 



Male. Upperside — fore wing yellow : hind iving dark ochreous- 

 brown. Body whitish ; anal tuft yellow. Underside uniform dusky 

 ochreous-brown. Cilia yellow. Antennae blackish, shaft white. 

 Legs yellowish above, white beneath. 



Expanse lg inch. 



Hab. Nepaul {Gen. Ramsay). In coll. F. Moore. 



Allied to E. subnigra, Moore, from Cherra Punji, and may be 

 distinguished from it by the difference in colour. 



Euproctis postincisa, n. sp. (Plate XXXII. fig. 5.) 



Female. White : fore wing with a median, transverse, narrow, 

 black band, which is outwardly angled at the end of the cell ; short 

 oblique black line from posterior angle. 



Expanse 1-^tr iuch. 



Hab. N.E. Bengal {A. Grote). In coll. F. Moore. 



