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Show 450 LIEUT.-COL. C SWINHOE ON THE LEPIDOPTERA [May 5 22. POLYTELA GLORIOS/E. Bombyx gloriosa, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 205, 150. Poona, July ; Bombay, July. Larva feed on Polianihus tuberosa: colour very dark velvety maroon, with cream-coloured spots; size li inch. They burrow and eat the roots of the plant as well as the leaves. Larval stage 24 days ; a moth emerged occasionally, from after a few days, right Up to the March following; larvae burrow into hard soil when turning aud form small chambers. APAMIIDTE. 23. PRODENIA RETINA. Neuria retina, Frivaldsky, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. ii. p. 292, Noct. pi. 29. f. 145. Poona, July to September; Bombay, July to November. 24. PRODENIA GLAUCISTRIGA. Prodenia glaucistriga, Walker, ix. 197. Poona, June ; Bombay, July and August. 25. LAPHYGMA INFECTA. Prodenia infecta, Walker, ix. p. 196. Prodenia venustula, Walker, xxxii. p. 654. Poona, July, October, and November; Bombay, August to December. 26. LAPHYGMA EXIGUA. Noctua exigua, Hiibner, Samml. eur. Schmett. Noct. f. 362. Poona, September; Bombay, December. 27. APAMEA VIRIATA, n. sp. Poona, July. Antennee and palpi brown ; head and body brown, marked with pale pinkish grey. Fore wings dark brown ; costa with pinkish-grey spots; subbasal, antemedial, and postmedial lines deep black, lunular, the two former edged inwardly, and the last edged outwardly, with pinkish grey ; nearly the whole space between the postmedial line and the margin more or less of the same colour, forming a broad band deeply denticulated in its centre outwardly, with two teeth running into the dark-brown colour of the wing on the outer margin ; marginal spots purplish grey ; fringe brown, speckled with the same colour ; orbicular and reniform marks large, indicated by large rings of deep black, the latter slightly excavated outwardly ; hind wing whitish, with a deep costal and marginal suffused greyish border ; fringe pinkish grey, edged with white. Closely allied to A. latifasciata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 345. Expanse of wings lj5^ inch. |