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Show 296 LIEUT.-COL. C SWINHOE ON THE LEPIDOPTERA [Mar. 17, 66. RAJENDRA KHANDALLA. Aha khandalla, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. ii. p. 361, pi. ix f. 13. Bombay, September. 67. RAJENDRA BIGUTTATA. Aloa biguttata, Walker, iii. 707- Belgaum ; Bombay, August, September, and October. 68. CREATONOTUS INTERRUPTUS. Phalana interrupta, Linn. Syst. Nat. 116. Ahmednugger ; Bombay, August to November. 69. ALOA SANGUINOLENTA. Bombyx sanguinolenta, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 473, 206. Bombay, August to November, Larvae feed on Ricinus communis; they are very hairy aud are 1| inch in length ; the pupa closely resembles the pupa of Alope ricini. 70. ALOA MOOREI. Areas moorei, Butler, Cist. Ent. ii. 23. Bombay, September. 71. ALOA PUNCTISTRIGA. Spilosoma punctistriga, Walker, iii. 676. Bombay, August. 72. ALOA EMITTENS. Creatonotus emittens, Walker, iii. 638. Poona, August to October ; Belgaum ; Sattara, June ; Bombay, August to November. 73. ALOA FLORA, n. sp. (Plate XX. fig. 5.) Bombay, November. 2 • Upper side, fore wing pale rosy testaceous, with a small black spot at the lower end of the cell and some black irrorations in the median nervure; hind wings pure white, unmarked ; underside, fore wings very pale, basal two thirds of costa vermilion ; hind wings pure white ; thorax above same colour as fore wings, abdomen vermilion, with a row of black points between the segments down the centre ; body beneath and legs pale testaceous ; antennae black above, testaceous beneath. Expanse of wings lg inch. |