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Show 856 LIEUT.-COL. c SWINHOE O N THE LEPIDOPTERA [D nearly straight, slightly bent outwardly on the hind wings ; fringe whitish. Underside silvery white, unmarked. Expanse of wings y7^ inch. EPHYRID^E. 31. ANISODES OBLIVIARIA. Anisodes obliviaria, Walker, xxii. 643. Bombay. 32. EPHYRA CLEORARIA. Acidalia cleoraria, Walker, xxiii. 792. Sattara, February and June ; Poona, February, March, April, and October ; Bombay, July and October. 33. EPHYRA INVEXATA. Epione invexata, Walker, xxvi. 1497. Belgaum, September; Poona, August. 34. EPHYRA QUIETA, n. sp. (Plate LVI. fig. 1.) Poona, October ; Bombay, December. Dull chrome-yellow, covered with greyish striations, a brown spot with a white centre at the end of the cell in all the wings ; an antemedial thin, brownish-grey band on the fore wings, nearly upright; a waved discal broad band of the same colour across both wings, attenuated towards the costa on the fore wings. Underside of the same colour as on the upper side, but the striations are much thicker and darker ; the spots at the end of the cells are similar, the antemedial band on the fore wings is absent; but the discal band on both wings is more uniform and darker-coloured. Expanse of wings ly^- inch. 35. EPHYRA SUBDOLARIA, n. sp. Bombay, November and December. Bone-colour, irrorated with sandy grey; palpi reddish brown, white beneath; head black; front white ; collar and abdomen whitish. Wings with the apical border of the fore wings slightly luteous; marginal points of both wings black, a few indistinct brown dots in the disk. Expanse of wings l^-0 inch. 36. EPHYRA FLUIDARIA, n. sp. (Plate LVI. fig. 10.) Poona, December; Bombay, July and September. Yellowish grey, finely irrorated with deep black atoms ; costa of fore wings grey; a black dot on a more or less blackish diffuse rounded spot, at the end of each cell; a faint blackish fascia across both wings, passing over these spots; three dentated lines close together, across both wings, on the marginal border, the first acutely dentated; on some specimens these lines are very faint, and on others very black and distinct; marginal points black. Expanse of wings 1 inch. |
