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Show 1886.] LEPIDOPTERA FROM WESTERN INDIA. 3& 1 EURHIPID^E. 108. PENICILLARIA EXCITANS, sp. n. Allied to P. geyeri; of the same size, form, and general pattern, but the whole of the whity-brown markings of primaries and basal two thirds of secondaries altered to snow-white ; the testaceous areas replaced by brick-red and the dull brown by pale ash-grey; the collar snow-white excepting at the base, the prothorax edged with white, the thorax reddish, the abdomen greyish towards the base; the under surface white, with black and grey markings instead of pale brown with darker brown markings. Expanse of wings 42 millim. Bugnoter, September 19th, 1885. TOXOCAMPID*. 109. PLECOPTERA REFLEXA. Plecoptera reflexa, Guenee, Noct. ii. p. 431. n. 1303. Trigonodesl gammoides, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xv. p. 1833 (1858). Poaphilal simplex, Walker, I. c. p. 1840 (1858). Campbellpore, 26th and 30th July, 1885. 110. TOXOCAMPA ORIENTALIS, Sp. 11. Allied to T. lilacina of Japan ; of the same colours and pattern on the upper surface, but considerably larger and with the fringe of secondaries paler: on the under surface the entire external third excepting the fringe is much darker ; the costa of primaries from the middle is ochraceous, and the basal two thirds of the secondaries brownish white, with a distinct black discocellular spot and an arched dusky stripe across the disk. Expanse of wings 47 millim. Murree, 7th August, 1885. POLYDESMI D.E. 111. PANDESMA QUENAVADI. Pandesma quenavadi, Guenee, Noct. ii. p. 438. n. 1310. Campbellpore, 30th June, 6th, 7th, and 25th July, 1885. The specimen last enumerated is unusually dwarfed and dark, but does not appear to differ in any other respect from ordinary examples ; it is a little rubbed, and consequently the black markings are partly obliterated, which may account for its being differently numbered by Major Yerbury. HOMOPTE RID*. 112. ALAMIS UMBRINA. Alamis umbrina, Guenee, Noct. iii. p. 4. n. 1321. Var. Alamis albicincta, Guenee, I. c. n. 1322. Campbellpore, 29th June and 30th July, 1885. |
