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Show 518 LIEUT -COL. c. S W I N H O E O N [Nov. 4, HELIOTHIDJE. 33. HELIOTHIS ARMIGERA, Hiibner, Noct. pi. 79. f. 370. Kurrachee, in great numbers in January 1879-18S0. Var. PELTIGERA, Denis, Wien, Verz. p. 89, n. 2 ; Walker, xi. p. 683. Kurrachee, July 1882. One example. This is the common form across the Hubb River in Beloochistan. I also found it in great numbers at Ispingil in June, and at Quetta in September. 34. ADISURA LEUCANIOIDES, Moore, P.Z. S. 1881, p. 368. Muggur Pir, 18 miles from Kurrachee, August 1880. ANTHOPHILID^E. 35. ACANTHOLIPES AFFINIS, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. v. p. 225 (1880). Kurrachee, February, May, November, and December, 1879, 1880. Very plentiful. 36. ANTHOPHILA ZAMIA, n. sp. (Plate XLVII. fig. 12.) Kurrachee, April. Thorax and fore wings pinkish cinereous ; body paler ; fore wings with a central and an outer wavy white line, the latter bordered with blackish on the inner side, and the space between that and the central line paler than the rest of the wing ; marginal line brown; fringe interlined-brown, white, and brown. Hind wings pinkish white, with a discal sinuous white line, a marginal double brown line, and cilia as in fore wings. Expanse of wings 1 inch. 37. ANTHOPHILA BULLA, n. sp. (Plate XLVII. fig. 9.) Kurrachee, January. Pale greenish grey ; head and sides of thorax white; a black spot on the fore part of the thorax; costa of fore wings and the veins dark, otherwise the wings are unmarked. Expanse of wings T 6 0 inch. 38. MICBA DEBOGATA, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xii. p. 825. Hubb River, August. 39. MICRA CHALYBEA, n. sp. (Plate XLVII. fig. 10.) Kurrachee, January. Colour steel-grey ; costa greenish grey ; a medial slightly sinuous white line on the fore wing, bounded by a greenish-grey band on the inner side ; outer third suffused with greenish grey, with some subapical marks, and a marginal line of a deeper colour ; fringe greenish grey. Hind wing pale steel grey, slightly darker towards the border, with a dark marginal line ; fringe grey. Expanse of wings -fij inch. |