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Show 304 LIEUT.-COL. C. S W I N H O E O N T H E LEPIDOPTERA [MAR. 1/, 120. EUPTEROTE DISCREPANS. 3 Tagora discrepans, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1884, p. 360. Bombay, August to September. 2 has the entire surface of both wings diffused with reddish, the space beyond the discal line being so dark as to form a deep marginal band ; the antennae, head, thorax, abdomen above and below, and all the legs are dull yellowish red. Expanse of wings 4 inches. 121. EUPTEROTE UNDANS. Dreata undans, Walker, iv. p. 905. Mahableshwur, May. 122. EUPTEROTE SIMILIS. Eupterote similis, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1884, p. 369. Poona, June. 123. EUPTEROTE MOLLIS. Eupterote mollis, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1884, p. 367. Bombay, August to September. A very pretty local species. I have never met with it except in Bombay, where it is very plentiful; I have seen the ground under the great electric light on the Malabar Hill covered with them at night. 124. MESSATA TRANSLATA, n. sp. (Plate XXI. fig. 5 3 •) Sattara, June. 3 reddish yellow, fore wings with four latitudinal straight bands across the wings, composed of brown raised atoms-inner, central, outer, and submarginal; hind wings with only two bauds, central and outer ; underside paler and unmarked. 2 dull red, fore wings with an outer band; hind wings with a central band and a faint indication of an outer band. Expanse of wings, 3 2 ^ inches, $ 4T 2 Tr inches. 125. MESSATA CASTANOPTERA. 3. Messata castanoptera, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1884, p. 372. Poona, September and October ; Belgaum, September. The female is of a deep pinkish-brown colour, fore wings with one postmedial line ; hind wings with one medial line and in some specimens a faint indication of postmedial line. It is a common insect in Poona. Expanse of wings 2T 6^ inches. 126. SANGATISSA CITRINULA. Dreata citrinula, Walker, xxxii. p. 376. Sattara. |