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Show 1885.] OF BOMBAY AND THE DECCAN. 461 the reniform, which is large and ear-shaped ; the outer half of the wing is clouded with grey, with a submarginal sinuous line. Hind wings grey, unmarked; fringe of both wings pinkish, interrupted with grey. Expanse of wings r 8 0-1 inch. 108. SELEPA OCCULTA, n. sp. (Plate XXVII. fig. 11.) Poona, June. Pinkish grey ; head with a whitish line on each side above the eyes ; thorax and fore wings marked with brown. Fore wings with the reniform stigma round, large, indistinct; orbicular small like a dot, hardly visible ; the entire surface of the wing covered with brown streaks and marks, a large white subapical patch margined with brown ; marginal line black, with small blackish-brown streaks in the interspaces, a small black basal streak ; the hinder margin black at the base and towards the hinder angle, with a blackish streak (sometimes a patch) in the interno-median interspace. Hind wings smoky brown ; fringe of both wings pinkish. Expanse of wings, 6" ly&~ inch, $ ly^- inch. 109. SYMITHA SCEPTICA, n. sp. (Plate XXVII. fig. 6.) Bombay, July. Antennae, palpi, head, thorax, and fore wings grey ; thorax with a dark line in front and a deep black central line down the upper half of it. Fore wings covered with dark irrorations, with a deep black short streak near the base ; a subcostal black dot near the base, two or three black dots on the disk, some dark grey marks near the apex and near the hinder angle, some submarginal black dots and black marginal points ; abdomen and hind wings whitish : hind wings darker towards the costa and outer margin. Expanse of wings ,8 0 inch. CATEPHIID^E. 110. CATEPHIA LINTEOLA. Catephia linteola, Guenee, Noct. iii. 44, 1375. Bombay. 111. HYPOSPILA BOLINOIDES. Hypospila bolinoides, Guenee, Noct. iii. 358, 1832. Bombay. 112. AUCHA NECTENS. Triphana nectens, Walker, xv. 1704. Bombay. 113. MOSARA LATERALIS. Anophia lateralis, Walker, xxxiii. 917. Poona, December. |