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joint 3 linear, half aa long again as 2 j antennae setose j ahdonien exceeding 
posterior wings, its apical tuft small j calcaria very long. Sp. V. ruhiginea, 
sp. n., Walk. 1. c. p. 190, Bogota. 
Batiuj g. n.. Walker, 1. c. p. 191. Allied to Boaphila] palpi curved, squa- 
mose, ascendant, joint 3 lanceolate, much shorter than 2 ; anterior wings 
acute, with a subcostal tuft. Sp. B. squamicosta^ sp. n., Walk. l.c. p. 191, 
Bogotd. 
Mandela, g. n.. Walker, 1. c. p. 192. Allied to Ephyrodes ; wings festooned, 
anterior scarcely falcate, outer border of posterior not angular. Sp. M. crocea, 
sp. n., Walk. 1. c. p. 192, Bogota. 
Checiipa, g. n., Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 60. Allied to Hadena j 
abdomen long, flat, tufted, joints 4-6 produced laterally, 6 prolonged into a 
horn-like process. Sp. C. fortissima, sp. n., Moore, 1. c. p. 60, pi. 6. fig. 6, 
Darjeeling. 
Tyrnpanistes, g. n., Moore, 1. c. p. 48. Allied to Leucania ; abdomen long, 
cylindrical, with a cavity at the base beneath and a fan-like appendage 
above it on each side; hind tibiae with 4 spurs; palpi erect, slender, joint 
3 long, cylindrical ; fore wings slightly acuminate at apex. Sp. T. pallida, 
-sp. n., Moore, 1. c. p. 49, pi. 6. fig. 1, and T. testacea, sp. n., Moore, ibid., 
pi. 6. fig. 2, Darjeeling. The former species said by Atkinson to make ^^a 
clicking noise as it flies.” 
New species ; — 
Oonophora indica, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 44, Bengal. 
Thyatira albicosta, Moore, 1. c. p. 45, Bengal. 
Osica %mdulata, Moore, 1. c. p. 45, Bengal. 
Bryophila albistigma, Moore, 1. c. p. 46, Bengal. 
Eiphte?'a (sic) pallida, Moore, 1. c. p. 46, pi. 6, fig. 6, and D. discibnmnea, 
Moore, ibid., pi. 6. fig. 14, Bengal. 
Acronycta Jlavala, Moore, 1. e. p. 46, and A, indica, Moore, 1. c. p. 47, 
Bengal. 
Amphip])ra molybdea, Christoph, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1867, p. 236, Sarepta. 
Mythimna co'vina, Moore, 1. c. p. 47, pi. 6. fig. 18, Bengal. 
Leucania venalba, Moore, 1. c. p. 48, Bengal ; L. pulcherrima, Moore, ibid., 
pi. 6. fig. 7, Darjeeling. 
Nonagria cyrncea, Mabille, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® s6r. vi. p. 659, pi. 8. fig. 7, 
Corsica. Altered to Sesamia cyrncsa, op. cit. vii. p. 640, where the habits of 
the larva are noticed. The transformations are figured, 1. c. pi. 14. fig. 1. 
Auchmis sikkimensis, Moore, 1. c. p. 49, pi. 0. fig. 16, Darjeeling. 
Oortyna cvprea, Moore, /. c. p. 60, pi. 6. fig. 8, Daijeeling. 
Ilydrcecia naxiaoidcs, Moo^’e, 1. c. p. 60, Bengal. 
Xylophasia Jlavistigma, Moore, 1. c. p. 60, and X. leucostigma, Moore, 1. c. 
p. 61, Bengal. 
Biptci'ygia indica, Moore, 1. c. p. 61, Darjeeling. 
Mamestra. Moore (/. c.) describes the following new Bengalese species of 
this genus : — M. nigrocuprea, suffusa, and albomaculata, p. 62, and M. albi- 
rena and sikkima, p. 63. 
Epilecta ptdcherrima, Moore, I, c. p. 64, pi. 6. fig. 3, Daijeeling. 
Caradrina sericea, Speyer, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1867, p. 73, Holland and Cassel. 
Agrotis liUoralis, Packard, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. XI. xi. p. 36 (Caribou Island) ; 
