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Show 1883.] MR. A. G. BUTLER ON INDIAN LEPIDOPTERA. 161 The example is imperfect, the wings being broken and the abdomen and antennae wanting. The species is in Mr. Hocking's collection. 73. GRAPHIPHORA C-NIGRUM. Phalana-Noctua c-nigrum, Linnaeus, Fauna Suecica, p. 1193. Solun, in July. " Ground-colour much darker than any Nilgherry examples of Graphiphora c-nigrum. I have also one from Suttara taken in November, primaries quite as dark, secondaries almost as dark as primaries."-C. S. The species varies a good deal in depth of colour. 74. ORTHOSIA EXTERNA. Orthosia externa, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het., Suppl. iii. p. 715 (1865). No locality given ; the type was from Darjiling. 75. EUPLEXIA SEMIFASCIA. Hadena semifascia, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het., Suppl. iii. p. 737 (1865). Nilgherries. 76. HADENA SIDERIFERA. Hadena siderifera, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 357. " Solun, in June ; common there ; I have it also from the Nilgherries."- C. S. 77. ALARIA LANCEOLATA. Alaria lanceolata, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het., Suppl. iii. p. 767 (1865). Mhow, September 18.81. 78. ADISURA LEUCANIOIDES. Adisura leucanioides, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 368. "Mhow, October 1881; also took two specimens of this at Puggur Pir near Kurrachee in August 1879."-C. S. The type was from Kutch, from which locality we have specimens in the Museum collection. 79. HELIOTHIS ARMIGERA. Noctua armigera, Hiibner, Noct. pi. 79. fig. 370 (1805-24). Solun, in June ; Kurrachee, in January 1880. 80. HELIOTHIS RUBRESCENS? Thalpophila rubrescens, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xv. p. 1681 (1858). Solun, in July. It is doubtful whether this is more than a dark reddish variety of |
