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Show 1885.] OF BOMBAY AND THE DECCAN. 465 146. ACH.EA MELICERTE. Phalana-Noctua melicerte, Drury, Ins. i. 46, pi. 23. fig. I. Belgaum; Poona, July, August, and November ; Bombay, July to December. In great plenty in Bombay in July and August. Larvae feed on Ricinis communis, length 2-\ inches to 2\ inches; colour varies much, some are deep purplish black, some reddish, some orange-tinted ; larval stage 21 to 24 days, pupal stage 18 to 21 days. I successfully reared some in Bombay on wild cucumber leaves, not having any castor-oil plants in m y garden. 147. ERCHEIA CYLLOTA. Achaa cyllota, Guenee, Noct. iii. 241, 1669. Bombay, October. 148. ERCHEIA CYLLARIA. Achaa cyllaria, Guene'e, Noct. iii. 249, 1 670 Bombay, October. 149. ERCHEIA ZURA, n. sp. cf. General colour pale pinkish grey ; collar brown on each side ; tegulae whitish. Fore wings with the costal, apical, and outer parts suffused with brown, with some darker marks and with two black streaks near the apex; a deep black stripe extending from the base to the outer margin, at the termination of the second median branch ; the whole space below this stripe of a brownish colour; marginal line pale pinkish grey; fringe of the same colour, intercepted with brown and with black streaks opposite the veins ; a black dot in the cell. Hind wings blackish, paler towards the base, a white medial band, and a large white submarginal spot at one third from the anal angle ; fringe white, intermingled with brown near the centre of the margin. Abdomen grey. Underside white, with a medial and discal black band across both wings. Expanse of wings 2 inches. 150. ERCHEIA ZYGIA, n. sp. Poona. 2 . General colour pinkish grey, sides of the collar brown, tegula with a thin brown line down its centre ; abdomen grey. Fore wings with the upper part of the wings suffused with blackish brown, the suffusion extending downwards to the centre of the interno-median area, outwards to a little beyond the cell, and expands upwards to the apex; a large black spot in the interno-median interspace ; two black streaks in the brown part near the apex, and two brown marks near the hinder angle. Hind wings black, paler towards the abdominal margin, with a sli°-htiy interrupted white medial band, a white submarginal spot; abdominal margin white, and two white places on the margin, one |