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Show 1885.] OF BOMBAY AND THE DECCAN. 883 as the fore wings. Thorax dull purplish fuscous, with a tuft of bright yellow ochreous scales posteriorly. Fore wings dull purplish fuscous, cilia the same. Hind wings shining bright purple, the costal margin thickly scaled, pale ochreous, fringes bronzy brown ; a fringe of bronzy-brown scales along the basal half of the first vein. Abdomen bright yellowish ochreous. Legs and anal tuft pale ochreous. Underside of all the wings shining purple. Expanse 33 millim. A single specimen in Col. Swinhoe's collection, also from Bombay, appears to be allied to the large horn-feeding African species known as Tinea vastella, Zeller. HAPSIFERA, Zeller. 207. H A P S I F E R A DEVIELLA. Drosical deviella, Walker, xxviii. 520. Poona, October and November. In great plenty. Strongly resembles Hapsifera luridella, Zeller, but is lighter in colour and has paler hind wings. Fam. PLUTELLID^E. CEROSTOMA, Latr. 208. CEROSTOMA RUGOSELLA, Stainton. Poona, October and December ; Bombay, September. Three specimens from Bombay and Poona agree with Mr. Stain-ton's description, but I am yet doubtful whether they are rightly identified as belonging to this species, of which I have not seen the type. Note.-This species may possibly constitute the type of a new genus, which would also include Morophaga 1 barbarata of Christoph. HYPONOMEUTA, Zeller. 209. HYPONOMEUTA MALINELLUS. Hyponomeuta malinellus, Zeller, Isis, 1844, p. 220. Poona, December. A single specimen from Poona is robably the same species noticed by Christoph under this name (Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. x. p. 51) as occurring in North Persia. The markings are disposed exactly as in European specimens, but the unusually dark colour, much darker than any variety I have before seen, is very remarkable. 210. ATTEVA NIVEIGUTTELLA. Corinea niviguttella, Walker, p. 542. Bombay. |