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Show 468 LIEUT.-COL. C. SWINHOE ON T H E LEPIDOPTERA [May 5, REMIGIIDiE. 167. REMIGIA ARCHESIA. Phalana-Noctua archesia, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 145, pi. 273. figs. F, G. Belgaum, September; Poona, August to October; Bombay, September to November. Very common. 168. REMIGIA FRUGALIS. Noctua frugalis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2. 138. Poona, October, November, and March; Bombay, October, November, and December. 169. REMIGIA QU^SITA, n. sp. (Plate XXVII. fig. 8.) Bombay. 6* • Wings narrower than is usual in the genus, outer border oblique; abdomen extending for more than one third beyond the hind wings ; antennae, head, and collar, greyish yellow, thorax and abdomen brown, fore wings reddish brown; a brown diffused streak at end of cell; costa dark brown, a broad brown submarginal band from the costa, near the apex, to the hinder margin, angled inwards in its upper part; the portion of the wing between this band and the outer margin of a dark brownish grey; marginal points black ; hind wings cinereous, with a broad blackish marginal band, with a yellowish streak on the margin near the anal angle; fringe of both wings, yellowish, interrupted with brown ; underside, wings whitish, with a broad, marginal, blackish, band on both wings, a brown cell-streak on fore wings ; body pale yellowish white ; legs brown and yellow. Expanse of wings l^ inch. POAPHILIDJE. 170. POAPHILA SIMPLEX. Poaphila simplex, Walker, xv. 1840. Poona, July and December. THERMESIIDJE. 171. AZAZIA RUBRICANS. Ophiusa rubricans, Boisd. Faune Lep. Mad. 106. 11, pi. 16. fig. 1. Poona, April, July, August, and November ; Bombay, September to December. 172. SONAGARA RETICULATA. Thermesia reticulata, Walker, xxxiii. 1062 Bombay, September and November. 173. SELENIS NIVIAPEX. Selenis niviapex, Walker, xxxiii. 1069. Poona, November ; Bombay, October. |