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Show 614 MR. A. G. B U T L E R O N LEPIDOPTERA F R O M [May 3, AGARISTID^E. 56. JEGOCERA VENULIA (No. 40). Phala?na venulia, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 165. f. D (1779). One specimen. Neilgherries. The Western form of this species differs from the Eastern in the greater length of the longitudinal white streak beyond the second black spot on the primaries. ARCTIID^E. 57, A L O A EMITTENS (NO. 2 x). Creatonotos emittens, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. iii. p. 638 (1855). One specimen. Belgaum. LlTHOSIIDjE. 58. DEIOPEIA THYTER. Deiopeia thyter, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 361. One specimen. Kurrachee, October 1879. D. pulchella is said to be common in Kurrachee from January to March and in May and December. NYCTEMERID^E. 59. N Y C T E M E R A LACTICINIA (NO. 42). Phala?na lacticinia, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 128. f. E (1779). One specimen. Belgaum. NYCTEOLIDiE. 60. EARIAS TRISTRIGOSA, sp. n. (Nos. 20 & 26). Nearly allied to E.frondosana, from which it chiefly differs in the absence of the brown border to the secondaries; primaries pea-green, with diffused whitish costal border, three darker green parallel angulated oblique stripes from the inner margin to near the costal margin, external border also darker green; secondaries semi-transparent pearly white, slightly golden along the outer margin; thorax green; abdomen creamy yellowish. Primaries below pale greenish white, sericeous ; secondaries as above, the costal border creamy ; body below white. Expanse of wings 9\ to 10^ lines. Two specimens. Hubb river, Beloochistan, February 1879; one (faded), Kurrachee, April 1879. W e have this species from the Punjaub. ENNOMID^E. 61. HYPERYTHRA SWINHOEI. Hyperythra swinhoei, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. v. p. 223 (1880). Two males. Kurrachee, November 1879. 1 "Rhyparia^o. 2"(C. S.). |