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Show 1883.] MR. A. G. BUTLER ON INDIAN LEPIDOPTERA. 159 61. MAMESTRA DOLOROSA. Mamestra dolorosa, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het., Suppl. ii. p. 667 (1865). " Solun. I have taken it also at Mhow in November, and at Suttara in the same month."-C. S. 62. MAMESTRA BRASSICE. Phalana-Noctua brassica, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 516 (1766) " Solun, in May ; common there in May and June."-C. S. 63. APAMEA UNDICILIA. Apamea undicilia, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. ix. p. 251, n. 18 (1856). Solun. 64. PERIGEA SERVA. Celana serva, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xv. p. 1689 (1858). Perigea canorufa, Walker, I. c. Suppl. ii. p. 683 (1865). Solun. 65. PERIGEA GALAXIA, sp. n. 8. Primaries above dark brown, with bronzy brown reflections; ordinary lines black, commencing upon the costa in oblique snow-white dashes ; the denticulated discal line very prominent, each denticle terminated externally in a white point; orbicular spot very small, with an iris of white scales, very indistinct; reniform spot large, snow-white, dotted with black and with a greyish central streak; submarginal line very irregular, chiefly indicated by a slender white external edge, external border of wing beyond this line pale; a marginal series of depressed conical black spots ; fringe sordid white spotted with brown : secondaries pale bronzy brown, with a greyish tint towards outer margin ; fringe cream-coloured, tipped with silvery whitish and traversed by a grey line : body corresponding in general colour with the wings. Under surface pale bronzy brown, almost golden in some lights ; primaries with a greyish subtint, and the secondaries, especially towards abdominal border, with a whitish subtint; a dusky stripe beyond the cells, bisinuated in the primaries, arched and macular in the secondaries ; a marginal series of black dots ; fringe cream-coloured, tipped with grey ; pectus silvery greyish ; antennae below reddish. Expanse of wings 30 m m. The locality is lost; I believe, however, that it occurs at Dharmsala. 66. ILATTIA CEPHUSALIS. Ilattia cephusalis, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xvi. p. 209, n. 1 (1858). 8 . "Solun, in October ; taken there also in July, and at M h ow in October."- C. S. |