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Show 1886.] LEPIDOPTERA F R O M WESTERN INDIA. 385 Major Yerbury sent three males of this species ; it is perfectly constant in all its characters, and therefore readily separable from the two north-eastern forms. Z YG^EN IDJE. 133. ZYG^ENA CASCHMIRENSIS. Zygatna caschmirensis, Kollar in Hiig. Kaschm. iv. p 459 n I pi. 19. fig. 6. Murree, 9th August, 1885. " Common in September."-/. TV. Y. ARCTI ID^E. 134. THYRGORINA, sp. n.? One worn specimen, too much injured for description, but apparently new to science. Murree, 9th August, 1885. This species should be common, and, even if not, it is so conspicuous an insect that the only wonder is that it should not exist either in the collections of the British Museum or of Mr. F. Moore ; of course it might have been passed by under the impression that it was some common Spilosoma or Aloa. LITHOSIID.E. 135. DEIOPEIA THYTER. Deiopeia thyter, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1877, p. 361. n. 253. V Campbellpore, 5th July, 1885. " Common in May, June, and July."-/. TV. Y. L IPARID^E. 136. A R T A X A ANGULIGERA, sp. n. Primaries above pale ochreous, crossed beyond the middle by a tolerably broad belt of dark-brown scales crossed by yellow veins, and with a rather acute angle on its outer edge within the second median interspace ; a few scales of the same colour near the base and others in spots on the external border: secondaries much paler than primaries, quite white towards costa : body ochreous ; antennae white, with grey pectinations ; under surface wholly whitish. Expanse of wings 26 millim. Murree, 9th August, 1885. 137. ARTAXA SCINTILLANS. Somena scintillans, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. vii. p. 1734 (1855). d 2 (in coitu), Murree, 12th August, 1885. The female obtained by Major Yerbury differs from the male considerably-a most unusual thing in this genus. The colouring and pattern more nearly resemble those of A. limbata; from the latter it principally differs in its smaller size and uniformly paler |
