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Show 1885.] OF BOMBAY AND THE DECCAN. 875 165. SCOPULA FOTALIS, n. sp. (Plate LVII. fig. 9.) Poona, October. Pinkish cinereous, body pinkish brown, abdominal segments whitish ; wings irrorated with pinkish brown, and with all the markings of that colour. Fore wings with a reniform streak, with two subcostal spots, one near the centre, and the other on its inner side, a mark at the centre of the hinder margin, like the commencement of a band, a discal, outwardly bent, thick line, terminating with a large spot on the costa ; marginal portion of the wing dark, marginal points blackish. Hind wings brown, fringe of both wings yellowish. Underside very pale pinkish, with a brownish medial band across both wings. Expanse of wings y7^- inch. 166. DEBA MILVINALIS, n. sp. (Plate LVII. fig. 2.) Poona, November; Bombay. Rufous brown. Fore wings darker brown towards the outer and hinder margins ; reniform mark black; two deep black bands, the first, at one third from the base, narrow, rounded outwardly, and stops at one third from the hinder margin, the other discal, broad, straight, halfway downwards from the costa, then is much bent inwardly and stops short of the hinder margin ; marginal line brown ; fringe white, with the upper half diffused with brown. Hind wings brown, with a central curved line mostly composed of black dots; fringe white. Underside pale silvery cinereous, with a medial curved line of brown dots running through both wings. Expanse of wings ly4^- inch. 167. GODARA COMALIS. Pionea comalis, Guenee, Delt. et Pyral. 368-453. Sattara, February. 168. PACHYNOA PECTINICORNALIS. Botys pectinicornalis, Guenee, Delt. et Pyral. 326-351. Poona, November; Bombay. STENIADTE. 169. DlASEMIA GEOMETRALIS. Lepyrodes geometralis, Guenee, Delt. et Pyral. 278, 271. Poona, October ; Bombay. 170. STENIA ELUTALIS. Cataclysta elutalis, Walker, xvii. 448. Poona, October ; Bombay, November. 171. MlCROSCA STRIATALIS, 11. Sp. Bombay, December. Pale pinkish white, suffused with reddish fawn-colour ; palpi with white tips ; palpi, antennae, head, and thorax fawn-colour ; thorax darkest in front; abdomen pale fawn-colour, with some silvery |