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Show 1885.] ON LEPIDOPTERA OF BOMBAY AND T H E DECCAN. 447 5. On the Lepidoptera of Bombay and the Deccan.-Part III. HETEROCERA [continued). By Lt.-Col. C. SWINHOE, F.L.S., F.Z.S. [Continued from p. 307.] [Received April 28, 1885.] (Plates XXVIL, XXVIII.) NOCfUES. BOMBICOID.E. I. K A R A N A DECORATA. Karana decorata, Moore, Desc. Lep. Col. Atkinson, ii. p. 107 (1882). Poona, October ; Sattara, June. LEUCANIIDJE. 2. LEUCANIA EXTRANEA. Leucania extranea, Guenee, Noct. i. 77, 104. Poona, November and December ; Bombay, February. 3. LEUCANIA LOREYI. Leucania loreyi, Duponchel, Hist. Nat. Lep. France, iv. 81, pi. 105. f. 7. Poona, November ; Bombay, February. 4. LEUCANIA POLEMUSA, n. sp. (Plate XXVII. fig. I.) Poona, September and October ; Bombay, July. Allied to L. decisissima, Walker, but of altogether a different colour. Pale greyish-fawn colour, shining. Abdomen very pale greyish. Fore wings with a brownish stripe, which extends from base to the outer margin, containing a small silvery streak turned up at the end of the cell; numerous blackish longitudinal lines covering the whole wing, with the exception of a small space just below the cell. A discal row of black points, from near the apex to the hinder margin; absent in some specimens. Hind wings glistening white. Expanse of wings 1T 2^ to \£0 inch. 5. LEUCANIA SUBSIGNATA. Leucania subsignata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 33G. Bombay. 6. SESAMIA INFERENS. Leucania inferens, Walker, ix. 105. Bombay, September and October. 7. AXYLIA RENALIS. Axylia renalis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 341. Poona, July, September, and October. |
