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Show 1885.] OF BOMBAY AND THE DECCAN. 303 113. NATADA BASALIS. Natada basalis, Walker, v. p. 1110. Bombay, July. 114. PARASA LEPIDA. Phalana-noctua lepida, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. p. 50, pi. 130. f. E (1779). Bombay, October. 115. APHENDALA CANA. Parasa cana, Walker, xxxii. p. 484. Poona, June, July, and October. 116. CANDYBA PUNCTATA. Candyba punctata, Walker, vii. p. 1761. Belgoraa subnotata, Walker, xxxii. p. 497. Poona. LASIOCAMPIDiE. 117. EUPTEROTE GYRA, n. sp. Belgaum. Allied to E. mutans, Walker. 3 of the same yellow colour, the internal bands are less toothed, and the outer double straight band, instead of being composed of two thin lines, is composed of one broad purple band and of a faint indication of a duplicate thin line. Underside is altogether different, having a suffused broad purple band on the costa of both wings, and a broad discal purple band across both wings in addition to the usual markings. Expanse of wings 4T 2^- inches. 118. EUPTEROTE UNDATA. Bombyx undatus, Blanchard, Jacq. Voy. dans l'Inde, Zool. Ins. p. 23, pi. 1. f. 8 (1844). Poona, July ; Belgaum; Khandala, April. Larvae feed on Dracana ferrea, Acalypha emarginata, and Graptophyllum hortensis; they cast their skins every 8 or 9 days for the first 80 days, getting darker each time-larval stage 120 days ; they are night-feeders, are very hairy, and require very careful handling ; their hairs run into the skin and cause great irritation. 119. EUPTEROTE DIABOLICA, n. sp. Belgaum. 3 dark brown, with the markings above and below as in the pale yellow E. mutans, Walker. Expanse of wings 4 ^ inches. |
