532 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC LEPIDOPTERA. [NoV. 20, 



NiLASERA STJBFASCIATA, D. Sp. (Plate XLIX. fig. 2.) 



Upperside pale purplish cobalt-blue : fore wing with a purple- 

 brown band curving from base of costa broadly before the apex to 

 posterior angle : hind wing with a paler brown costal and outer 

 marginal band. Underside purplish -brown : fore wing with a white 

 ringlet and two cross bars within the cell, followed by two irregular 

 white bars from end of the cell, an irregular chain-like discal band 

 and interrupted submarginal lunules ; two brown spots below the 

 cell, with the discal interspaces white : hind wing with two basal 

 white ringlets, two within the cell, a letter-V mark above it, 

 a ringlet beneath the cell, two discal, very irregular curved chain- 

 like bauds, and two indistinct submarginal lunular lines ; anal angle 

 blackish, speckled with green scales ; a prominent white fascia tra- 

 versing the wing from abdominal margin below the cell to the apex. 



Expanse Ig inch. 



Hab. Tavoy, Burmah. In coll. F. Moore. 



Fam. Erycinid^. 



Abisara abnormis, n. sp. (Plate XLIX. fig. 3.) 



Male. Dark plum-colour : fore wing vnth a series of distinct 

 whitish spots outwardly bordering the m.edial dark angular fascia, 

 its lower border pale, and the submarginal fascia also distinctly pale : 

 hind wing less angular on middle of the exterior margin, the apical 

 and anal black spots very indistinct. Underside with a very distinct 

 white angular medial fascia crossing both wings ; the submarginal 

 line on fore wing also whitish and slender : hind wing with a 

 continuous marginal row of black conical white-bordered spots. 



Expanse I^^ inch. 



Hab. Moulmein, British Burmah. In coll. F. Moore. 



Abisara fraterna, n. sp. 



Nearest to the Ceylonese A. prunosa. Both sexes smaller in size. 

 Male duller-coloured ; fascia broader. Female of a brighter red 

 colour, the transverse medial dark fascia more decidedly angular in 

 the middle, the two outer fasciae and the marginal line whitish. 



Expanse, c? if, 5 1^ inch. 



Hab. Bombay {Wilkinson). In coll. F, Moore. 



Fam. Hesferid^. 



Baorts scopulifera, n. sp. 



Male and Female. Dark vinous-browii. Male. Fore wing with 

 two minute semidiaphanous sj)ots before (he apex, two at end of the 

 cell, and two larger angular spots on the disk ; hiud wing with a 

 tuft of long blackish hair which covers a dark maronne velvety 

 patch within the cell. Underside paler ; spots on fore wing as 

 above ; also with a large glossy pur])le space below the cell enclosing 

 a maronne-brown patch of raised scales. Female. Fore wing with 

 larger spots, also having a minute spot between the apical and discal 



