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Show 1885.] OF BOMBAY AND THE DECCAN. 471 187. R H Y N C H I N A P E R V U L G A R I S , n. sp. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 5.) Poona, September and October ; Bombay, October. Common. Antennae, palpi, head, thorax, and fore wings greyish white, marked with greyish brown; fore wings mostly greyish brown with a diffuse whitish streak at the base below the cell, an antemedial, a postmedial, and a submarginal, white sinuous line edged with brown ; the second line bent outwardly round the large white reniform stigma, many brown and black atoms here and there on the wing, orbicular, represented in some specimens by a black dot, in some it is obsolete ; marginal portion of the wing whitish, marginal line black, slightly sinuous; fringe whitish interrupted with dark grey. Hind wings greyish brown, paler towards the base, fringe whitish. Abdomen whitish with grey bands. Expanse of wings y8y inch. 188. HYPENA LACERATALIS. Hypena laceratalis, Walker, xvi. 60. Poona, October ; Bombay, July to December. A very common insect in Bombay. 189. HYPENA MOLPUSALIS. Hypena molpusalis, Walker, xix. 844. Bombay, October. 190. HYPENA MIMICALIS, n. sp. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 6.) Poona ; Bombay, August. Antennae, palpi, head, and thorax reddish ; abdomen paler ; fore wings reddish grey, thickly covered with brown atoms ; veins brown,. marginal points dark brown ; margiual line pale pinkish. Hind wings greyish, sinuous; marginal line pale pinkish; fringe of both wings interlined-grey, pale pinkish, and grey. Expanse of wings 1 inch. 191. HYPENA MANDATALIS. Hypena mandatalis, Walker, xvi. 58. Bombay, July. 192. HYPENA OBACERALIS. Hypena obaceralis, Walker, xvi. 53. Bombay, October and November. 193. HYPENA ICONICALIS. Hypena iconicalis, Walker, xvi. 61. Bombay, November. 194. H Y P E N A OBSTUPIDALIS, n. sp. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 7.) Poona, October. Allied to H. ignotalis, Walker. Of a uniform dark greyish brown. Fore win-^s with four yellowish-white spots on the costa, near the apex * a black spot in the cell; antemedial, medial, and discal, |