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Show 1885.] OF BOMBAY AND THE DECCAN. 453 NoCTUIDiE. 43. AGROTIS CONSPURCATA. Agrotis conspurcata, Walker, xxxii. p. 696. Poona, October. 44. AGROTIS SEGETUM. Phalena-Noctua segetis, Gml. ed. Syst. Nat. i. v. 2539, 1018. Noctua segetum, Wien. Verz. lxxxi. p. 12, pi. i. figs. 3a, b. Poona, December. 45. AGROTIS SUFFUSA. Phalena-Noctua suffusa, Gml. ed. Syst. Nat. i. v. 2541, 1028. Poona. 46. AGROTIS ARISTIFERA. Agrotis aristifera, Guenee, Noct. i. pp. 266, 426. Poona, December to March. 47. AGROTIS VANA, n. sp. (Plate XXVII. fig. 9.) Sattara, June ; Poona, August and September. Pale yellowish fawn-colour ; antennae brown ; palpi with the first and last joints brown, last joint white-tipped; eyes black ; thorax with a black band in front, and with a large square deep black patch in the centre of the prothorax. Fore wings with a deep black, much interrupted band from the base, gradually widening to the outer margin, which it would almost fully occupy except for the interup-tions by which it is divided into five parts : the interruptions consist of whitish streaks, extending from along the median and subcostal veins, and another streak of the same colour, from the apex downwards, joining the median-vein streak on the second mediau branch, near its root ; hinder margin with a small deep black mark near the base; marginal line white, inwardly edged with black; fringe brown. Hind wings white, slightly shaded towards the outer margin. Expanse of wings 1 to 1T 2 0 inch. 48. GRAPHIPHORA C-NIGRUM. Phalana-Noctua c-nigrum, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 1193. Bombay, February. 49. GRAPHIPHORA COGNATA. Graphiphora cognata, Moore, Desc. Lep. Col. Atkinson, ii. p. 119 (1882). Poona, September and December. 50. OCHROPLEURA TRIANGULARIS. Ochropleura triangularis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 55. Sattara, November. PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1885, No. XXX. 30 |