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Show 1886.] LEPIDOPTERA OF MHOW. Expanse of wings -fa inch. June and September. A well-marked and pretty little insect. ANTHOPHILIDJE. 107. THALPOCHARES ROSEANA. Thalpochares roseana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 370. April and May. 108. THALPOCHARES RIVULA. Thalpochares rivula, Moore, Desc. Lep. eol. Atkinson, ii. p. 140 (1882). March. 109. AGROPHILA SULPHURALIS. Phalama-Pyralis sulphuralis, Bergestr. Ins. Suec. i. 16. October. 110. ANTHOPHILA INNUBILA, 11. sp. Upperside of a uniform shining cream-colour, the fore wings rather darker than the hind wings, and tinged with ochreous, especially on the costa. Fore wings sparsely covered with silvery-white freckles, and with a whitish line which extends upwards from the centre of the hinder margin towards the apex and then angles inwards, meeting the costa at the outer two thirds; there is also a faint indication of a similar inner line parallel to this just inside the middle. Eyes black ; antennae ochreous. Underside paler than the upperside, shining, unmarked. Expanse of wings •£$ inch. June. 111. EUBLEMMA AMABILIS. Eublemma amabilis, Moore, Lep. Ceylon, iii. p. 54. June. PLUSIID^E. 112. PLUSIA VERTICILLATA. Plusia verticillata, Guenee, Noct. ii. 344. 1168. September. 113. PLUSIA EXTRAHENS. Plusia extrahens, Walker, xii. 929. June and October. 114. PLUSIA CIRCUMFLEXA. Phalcena-Noctua circumflexa, Linn. Syst. Nat. 128. April. |