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Show 1884.] LEPIDOPTERA F R O M K U R R A C H E E. 521 54. OPHIODES SEPERANS, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xiv. p. 1357. Kurrachee. I took one example in my house in 1879, but the date is not recorded ; the larva of this species was also found feeding on Quisqualis indica in Poona, where it is quite common. 55. OPHIODES TUMIDILINEA, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xiv. p. 1433. Kurrachee ; no date recorded. 56. ACH^A MELICERTE, Drury, Ins. i. p. 46, pi. 23. f. 1. Was very common in July 1882, after the heavy rain, and I received a number from Mr. Murray. I did not, however, find any in either 1879 or 1880. The larvae feed on Bicinus communis. I also brought up some in Bombay on wild cucumber. Length 2\ to 2| inches; colour varies, some are deep purplish black, some reddish, some orange-tinted ; larval stage 21 to 24 days ; pupal stage 18 to 21 davs. 57. GRAMMODES AMMONIA, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. p. 98, pi. 250. f. D. Common in July. 58. GRAMMODES STOLIDA, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. p. 218, no. 54. Common in June and July; in great abundance again in November. 59. OPHIUSA ALBIVITTA, Gaenee, Noct. iii. p. 271, no. 1707. Was common in Kurrachee in the summer of 1879, but I have no record of dates. 60. TBIGONODES HIPPASIA, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. p. 99, 250. f. E. Very common. I took it in June and in September and October. REMIGIID^E. 61. REMIGIA FRUGALIS, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, p. 138. A few taken in August; common in October and November. 62. REMIGIA ARCHESIA, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. p. 145, pi. 273. f. F, G. Was not observed during 1879-80, but appeared in great abundance after the rain in July 1882. 63. REMIGIA AREFACTA, n. sp. (Plate XLVIII. fig. 2.) Kurrachee, May. Allied to B. multilinea and also to B. hansalii. Palpi pubescent, third joint lanceolate, much longer than the second, ascending; antennae slender ; abdomen whitish cinereous ; thorax and general colour of both wings ochreous ashy, irrorated with ochreous brown |