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Show 298 LIEUT.-COL. C SWIN HOE ON THE LEPIDOPTERA [Mar. 17, 79. EUPROCTIS LUNATA. Euproctis lunata, Walker, iv. p. 837, vii. p. 1731. Poona, September and November. 80. EUPROCTIS VITELLINA. Liparis vitellina, Kollar, Kaschmir von Hiigel, pp. 471-4- Sattara, November. 81. EUPROCTIS POSTICA. Euproctis postica, Walker, xxxii. p. 348. Poona, March; Bombay, September and October, very plentiful. 82. PERINA BASALIS. Perina basalis, Walker, iv. p. 966. Poona, October ; Belgaum ; Bombay, September, October, and November. Larvae feed on Ficus indicus and F. religiosa. The male has outer two thirds of the fore wing hyaline, the base mouse-colour, hind wings mouse-colour with a large hyaline spot on the external angle. The larvae and pupae are very brilliantly coloured. The insect is very plentiful in Poona, where I reared a large number. 83. ARTAXA LEITHIANA. Artaxa leithiana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 399, pi. 32. f. 9. Poona, July; Bombay, September, very plentiful. A variable insect: varies in coloration from deep yellow to nearly white, and the macular median band is sometimes regular from costa to hinder margin, and is sometimes only represented by one or two spots. 84. A R T A X A VARIANS. Artaxa varians, Walker, iv. p. 796. Poona; Bombay, September. 85. ARTAXA BREVIVITTA. Artaxa brevivitta, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 400, pi. 32. f. 10. Poona. 86. ARTAXA FRATERNA. Artaxa fraterna, Moore, Lep. of Ceylon, ii. p. 85. Poona ; Bombay, August to November. 87. ARTAXA SCINTILLANS. Somena scintillans, Walker, vii. p. 1 734. Poona, October and November; Bombay, October, November, and December. |