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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Lyccma alexis. The larva described by Newman, Entomologist, iii. p. 15. 
H. Moncreaif records the hybernation of larvae of Polyommatus phlceas. 
Entomologist, iii. p. 41. 
Theda hetulcs. Westwood remarks that the larva does not spin a silken 
.girth-band. Proc. Ent. Soc. 18G6, p. xxxiv. 
New genera : — 
Lyecenesthes, g. n., Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. I 860 , p. 773. Allied to Lyccmia ; 
palpi long, compressed, porrected ; antennae finely pointed at extremity ; fore 
wings rather acute at apex, subcostal vein with branch 1 arising at one-third 
length of wing, 2 and 3 equidistant, 4 remote, 5 joined to 3 at base; hind 
wings with 2 fine tail-like bundles of hair near anal angle. Sp. L. henga- 
lensis, sp. n., Moore, 1. c. p. 773, pi. 41. fig. 9, Bengal. 
Poritia, g. n., Moore, 1. c. p. 775 = Pseudodyjsas (Feld.), ex parte. Eyes 
naked ; palpi long, joint 3 slender, one-third as long as 2, pointed ; abdomen 
two-thirds length of hind Aving ; wings short and very broad, costa of fore 
wing concave ; hind wings rounded, scalloped ; branch 1 of subcostal vein 
arising at one-third from base, 3 I’emote, 4 arising from 2. Sp. P. hewitsoni, 
sp. n., Moore, 1. c. p. 775, pi. 41. fig. 10, Bengal. 
Sterosis, g. n. (Boisd. MS.), Felder, I, e. p. 219. Allied to Amhlypodia ; 
very stout and robust; palpi scaly, slender, second joint scarcely exceeding 
the forehead; antenmo very stout, short, gradually thickened ; wings covered 
with largo spreading scales, subcostal vein of fore wings quadriramoso in $ , 
liiiid wings ocaudato. Sp. S. rubusta (Boisd. MS.), Folder, /. c. p. 219, pi. 27. 
figs. 10 , 11 , Ilalmaheira. 
Jlypochrysops, g. n., Felder, 1. c. p. 251(= Theda Sect. II, Felder, W. E. M. 
iv. p. 243). Palpi with adpressed scales, directed upwards, last joint acicu- 
lar, subnutant, less than half length of second, the latter in 5 exceeding the 
vertex; antennse long, slender, with a long, narrow, nearly straight club. 
Known sp. Theda doleschallii, anadetus, and chrysanthis (Feld.). New sp. : 
II. theon, Feld. 1. c. p. 252, and H. eudetiis, Feld. p. 253, Halmaheira ; H. 
pythias, Feld. p. 254, and II. protogenes, Feld. p. 255, Waigiou. 
Lyccenopsis, g. n., Felder, 1. c. p. 257. Allied to preceding genus, but an- 
tennal club rather short, suboval, excavated beneath ; last joint of palpi 
scarcely more than one-fourth the length of the second. Sp. L. ananga, sp. n., 
Feld. 1. c. p. 257, pi. 32. figs. 10, 11 , Malacca and Sumatra. 
Allotimis, g. n. (Boisd. MS.), Felder, 1. c. p. 285. Allied to Miletus ; palpi 
with 3rd joint long, acicular ; legs long, very slender, acicular, posterior 
tibise nearly equal to femora ; anterior wings with subcostal vein triramose, 
branch 3 emitted far behind the cell, upper discoidal vein from the closing of 
the cell, uppermost discocellular venule distinct. Sp. A.fallax (Boisd. MS.), 
Feld. 1. c. p. 285, pi. 35. figs. 24-26, Luzon ; A. major, Feld. 1. c. p. 286, 
pi. 35. figs. 29-31, and A. alhatus, Feld. 1. c. p. 287, Celebes ; A. subviolaceus, 
Feld. 1. c. p. 286, pi. 35. figs. 27, 28, Java; A. unicolor, Feld. 1. c. 286, Sin- 
gapore. 
New species : — 
Lyccena nisa, Wallace and Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, p. 360, Formosa. 
‘ Ijyccena. Bealdrt (Proc, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1866) describes 6 new spe- 
cies of this genus from California, namely : — L. catalina and L. monica, p. 244 ; 
L. iejtm and L. maricopa, p. 245 ; and L. tehama, p. 246. 
