1883.] MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC LEPIDOPTERA. 15 



Plate IV. 



Fig. 1. Portions of the right ventricle of a Crocodile, dissected to show the 

 cardiac valve. 



2. The same with the fleshy valve » divided, exposing the subjacent 

 membranous flap, j>p. 



3. Transverse section of the ventricles of Ornithorhynchus. 



4. A similar section of a Rabbit's heart. 



6, 6, 7. Three dissections of the right ventricle of the heart of an Echidna. 



3. Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Asiatic 

 Lepidoptera Heterocera. By F. Mooee, P.Z.S. 



[Received December 14, 1882.] 



(Plates V. & VI.) 



Fam. CnALCosiiDiE. 



HiSTIA FRATERNA, U. Sp. 



Allied ioH. papilionaria, Guer. Female. Fore wiag similar ; hind 

 wing ditfers in iiaving, on both the upper and under side, a narrower 

 band extending from the costal vein across the disk beyond the cell 

 to the first internal vein, the band being also of a creamy-white 

 colour. 



Expanse 3J inches. 



Hab. Calcutta (^Hoclcing). In coll. British Museum. 



Fam. CallidulidjE. 

 Cleosiris fasciata, n. sp. 



Brownish-ferruginous : fore wing with a prominent yellow, irre- 

 gular-bordered, transverse medial discal fascia ; underside yellow, 

 with similar red strigse and transverse fasciae as in C. catamita, the 

 fasciae being of a brighter red, the cell-spots red and more distinct. 



Expanse i^ inch. 



Hab. Borneo. la coll. F. Moore. 



In this species both wings are much less acuminated at the 

 angles than in C. catamita. 



Cleosiris major, n. sp. 



Allied to C. catamita. Of larger size than typical specimens 

 from Java, Ceylon, and S. India. Fore wing more acutely pro- 

 duced at the apex. Underside of a much duller tinge of ferrugi- 

 nous yellow, the strigse and transverse fascia from apex brown, the 

 outer borders with a broad zigzag brown fascia ; cell-spots dark 

 brown. 



Expanse 1-| inch. 



Hab. N. India. In coll. F. Moore. 



Fam. x^iRCTiiDiE. 

 Aloa marginata, n. sp. (Plate V. fig. 1.) 

 Female. Comparatively larger and with broader wings than in 



