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Show 1885.] OF BOMBAY AND THE DECCAN. 293 in the crevices of the bark of the tree or in the crevices at the roots, using the bark and weaving it with the silk, not cementing it, and the moth invariably emerges just before sunset, so that they may be able to get on the wing by nightfall; they are never on the wing in daylight; they are much sought after by lizards and by bats ; the caterpillars are quite common at Poona on the Ficus religiosa. Out of thirty reared by Mr. Taplin every moth emerged between 4.30 and 5 P.M. 43. CRAMBOMORPHA ENTELLA. Phalcena tinea entella, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. p. 27, pi. 208. f. D. Bombay, September, October, and November. Common. 44. DlGAMA HEARSEYANA. Digama hearseyana, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. pt. ii. p. 298, pi. vii a, 6, figs. 3, 3a. Poona, February ; Bombay. 45. BRUNIA CHOTA, n. sp. (Plate XX. fig. 11.) Fore wings pale lilacine ochreous-brown ; hind wings paler and of a duller tint. Body, palpi, and legs pale lilacine ochreous-brown. Expanse T$y inch. Poona, October. 46. BlZONE PUELLA. Phalcena noctua puella, Drury, Exot. Ins. ii. p. 3, pi. 2. f. 2. Bombay, October and November. 47- iEMENE TAPROBANIS. ASmene taprobanis, Walker, ii. p. 542. Poonr.; Belgaum ; Bombay, November. 48. iEMENE TENEBROSA. AEmene tenebrosa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 34. 49. BARSINE RUBRICOSA. Lycana rubricosa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 30, pi. 3. f. 1. Bombay, August, October, and November. 50. NEPITA ANILA. Nepita anila, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. part ii. p. 302. Poona, August; Bombay, July, August, and September. 50 a. NEPITA SEMIFASCIA. •Setina semifascia, Walker, ii. p. 521. Bombay. 50 b. RffiSELiA PASCUA, ii. sp. (Plate XX. fig. 6.) Poona, October ; Bombay, September. Pure white above, fore wings with some brown markings ou the PROC ZOOL. Soc-1885, No. XX. 20 |