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Show 622 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON LEPIDOPTERA FROM [May 3, maries with yellowish costal border; a sandy whitish discal stripe, answering to the outer border of the central band on the upper surface ; palpi ochreous. Expanse of wings 6 lines. Five specimens. Kurrachee, May 1880. The specimens of this species were unfortunately sent loose in a pillbox with several other small Lepidoptera, so that only one of the five examples is in fair condition, the others being a good deal rubbed. STENIID^E. 94. DlASEMIA (?) GEOMETRALIS (No. 22). Lepyrodes geometralis, Guenee, Delt. et Pyral. p. 278 (1854). Two specimens. Kurrachee, February 1879. " Rare in December."-C. S. SPILOMELIDJE. 95. ZEBRONIA AUROLINEALIS (NO. 45). ZeBronia aurolinealis, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xvii. p. 478 (1859). Two specimens. Kurrachee, July 1880. MARGARODID^E. 96. G L Y P H O D E S UNIVOCALIS (No. 47). Glyphodes univocalis, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xvii. p. 499 (1859). Six specimens and a fragment. Kurrachee, July 1880. These specimens were sent in a pill-box, and have all suffered more or less in transit. It is a rare species in collections, and would be worth sending in good condition. BOTIDID^E. 97. G O D A R A INCOMALIS (Nos. 23 & 27). Pionea incomalis, Guenee, Delt. et Pyral. p. 369 (1854). Four much-worn specimens. Kurrachee, May and December 1879. According to Major Swinhoe this is a rare species; it also occurs in January. SCOPARIID^E. 98. STENOPTERYX HYBRIDALIS (NO. 25). Pyralis hyBridalis, Hiibner, Pyral. pi. 17. fig. 114. One specimen of this widely distributed species. Kurrachee, January 1880. 99. HELLULA UNDALIS. Phalosna undalis, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. (2) p. 226 (1793). One specimen of this European species. Kurrachee, May 1880. SCOTOMERA, gen. nov. Allied to Scoparia, but differing in its more triangular primaries, the veins of which are all well separated and considerably less |