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Show 866 LIEUT.-COL. C. S W I N H O E O N T H E LEPIDOPTERA [Dec. 1, shining ; a pure white mark on the costa at one third from the a pinkish-white spot on its inner side, a pure white spot on the inner side of, and below, this spot; a pinkish-white straight line, inclining outwards from the hinder margin at one third from the base, and terminating at one third from the costa; also a discal, complete, sinuous, very indistinct, pale line. Hind wings testaceous, blackish towards the'outer border. Both wings with the marginal line black; fringe interlined, in four parts-whitish, black, whitish, and black. Expanse of wings y^- inch. 94. PYRALIS RECISALIS, n. sp. Sattara, June. Pinkish grey, irrorated with testaceous atoms: fore wings with interior and exterior sinuous, black, thick lines, upright, both curving outwardly in their centres, the outer line more so than the inner, and thickening on the costa. Hind wings whitish towards the base, unmarked ; marginal points brownish ; fringe pale pinkish white. Underside pale pinkish testaceous, shining, unmarked. Expanse of wings y8^ inch. 95. ARRADE MASSALIS, n. sp. (Plate LVII. fig. 10.) Bombay. Palpi, head, thorax, and fore wings brown, spotted and marked with pale pinkish yellow; fore wings with the reniform pinkish yellow, lined with a black ring ; three black lines, the first subbasal, zigzag, outwardly margined with white, the second antemedial, dentated inwardly near the hinder margin and lined with white on each side, the third postmedial, slightly sinuous, bent outwards outside the reniform spot, and is outwardly liued with white; a black sinuous line between the two last-mentioned lines ; a whitish incomplete submarginal line ; some black discal streaks and black marginal lunules ; marginal line pale pinkish yellow ; fringe brown. Hind wings pale pinkish testaceous ; marginal line brown ; fringe pale pinkish yellow interrupted with brown. Expanse of wings y9^ inch. 96. CLEDEOBIA HYPOTIALIS, n. sp. Poona, October and November. S pinkish grey; $ yellowish testaceous; abdomen with brown segmental bands; fore wings brownish towards the costal portion ; reniform spot brown, in some specimens large and distinct, in others very small and hardly visible; interior and exterior outwardly oblique, thin, brown bands, the latter inclining towards and near the apex, both of them turning slightly inwards on to the costa; in one example of a male in m y collection the outer band is black, rather broad, and has a pure white outward margin. Hind wing with a discal line corresponding to the outer band of the fore wings. Both wings with brown marginal points and with an interlined fringe, white, brown, and white. Expanse of wings, <$ T 8 0 inch, $ 1 inch. |