362 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC [Mar. 1, 



Heliothis succinea, n. sp. 



Male and Female. Ochreous-yellow : fore wing crossed by two 

 subbasal brown zigzag lines, an outwardly-waved median line, a 

 lunular discal line, and a sinuous submarginal line, with indistinct 

 paler intervening lines, the space between the discal lunular line and 

 the submarginal line dusky ochreous-brown : hind wing with an 

 ochreous-black marginal band enclosing a pale yellow central spot. 

 Underside with dusky markings similar to those in H. armiyera. 

 Thorax greenish ochreous ; abdomen, palpi, and legs yellowish 

 ochreous. 



Expanse, c? 1 inch, $ Ig. 



Hab. Bombay {Dr. Leith). In coll. F. Moore. 



This is allied to H. arwigera, but is smaller and diiferently 

 coloured ; the fore-wing markings also differ. 



Raghuva, n. g. 



Fore wing short, narrow ; costa slightly arched at the base and 

 with a swollen protuberance on its middle ; exterior margin oblique 

 and convex ; costal veins recurved ; subcostal recurved before end 

 of the cell, first branch recurved towards the costa, emitted at half 

 length of the cell, second branch emitted before end of cell, trifur- 

 cate, third from near its base, fourth at one half its length, fifth 

 from end of the cell, curved upward, and touching third near its 

 base ; discocellular bent near each end, radials from the angles ; two 

 upper median branches from angles at end of the cell, lower at some 

 distance before the end. Hind wing short ; two subcostal branches 

 emitted beyond end of the cell ; discocellular concave, very slender, 

 a slender radial from its middle, two upper median branches from 

 end of the cell, lower from near its end. Body extending beyond 

 hind wing ; palpi slender, apex short ; legs slender, femora slightly 

 pilose beneath, fore tibia in male armed with two terminal spines iu 

 front ; antennae setose. 



Raghuva confertissima. 



Leucania confertissima. Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M, xxxii. 

 p. 625 (1865). 

 Hab. S. India. 



SOPHAGA, n. g. 



Allied to Dorika, Wings longer and comparatively broader ; fore 

 wing with straighter costa and shorter posterior margin ; first sub- 

 costal moderately long, second emitted immediately before end of 

 the cell, third trifurcate, emitted at end of the cell, and anasto- 

 mosing with second very close to its base for a short distance, fourth 

 and fifth short ; upper discocellular very short, lower very slender 

 and deeply concave ; radials from angle of upper and near end of 

 lower, two upper median branches from angles at end of the cell, 

 lower from near the end. Hind wing with two subcostal branches 

 emitted at one fourth beyond end of the cell ; discocellular bent in 

 the middle ; radial from its angle ; two upper median branches from 



