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Show 298 MR. w. W A R R E N ON LEPIDOPTERA [June 5, 23. LYMANTRIA SUPERANS. Lymantria superans, Wlk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. iv. p. 876. One female only from Dumtanar, near Abbotabad. Also recorded from Darjiling and Sikkim. 24. DlPHTHERA PALLIDA. (No. 170.) Diphthera pallida, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 46, pi. vi. fig. 6. One female, from Thundiani, Aug. 24, 1886. "Two specimens only, at sugar." Family LASIOCAMPID_E. 25. TRABALA VISHNU. (No. 192.) Gastropacha vishnu, Lefebvre, Zool. Journ. iii. p. 207, 2 • One fine male taken in the Berham Gully, September 25, 1886. "A few cocoons found towards Kala Pani early in September; a pair in coitu at Berham Gully, September 25. Not common at Thundiani, but at Murree 18 cocoons were found in one day; these are covered with the short hairs of the caterpillar, which irritate the skin considerably." 26. TARAGAMA VENUSTUM. (NO. 26.) Megasoma venustum, Wlk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. vi. p. 1449. One female taken May 31, 1886, at Campbellpore. Also recorded from Ceylon and the Philippine Islands. Family URANIID_E. 27. ACTIAS SELENE. (NO. 226.) Actias selene, Leach, Zool. Misc. pi. 70. One female from Dumtanar, which emerged on the last day of March 1887 from a cocoon found on the 11th of the preceding October. Family DREPANULID_E. 28. O R E T A OBTUSA. (NO. 178.) Oreta obtusa, Wlk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. v. p. 1167. A single much-worn female from Kala Pani, taken on the 1st of September 1886, much smaller than average-sized specimens. 29. SOMATINA ANTHOPHILATA. (No. 215.) Somatina anthophilata, Gn. Phal. ii. 907, pi. 18. fig. 2. Two females, very much worn, from Campbellpore and Dumtanar, September 24 and November 10, 1886. 30. PROBLEPSIS CINEREA. (NO. 9.) Argyris cinerea, Butler, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 387, pi. xxxv. fig. 3. One male, caught 6th of June, 1886, at Campbellpore. Mr. Butler's type, in the Brit. Mus. collection, is also from Campbellpore. |
