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Show 1886.] LEPIDOPTERA O F M H O W. 453 some specimens mostly grey; antennae grey, articulated with white, ciliated in the male, filiform in the female; thorax and fore wings dark grey speckled with white; an antemedian upright sinuous double white line, a median, outwardly oblique, sinuous double white line sharply bent inwards to the costa, round the reniform stigma, which is white and prominent; there is also an orbicular spot of the same colour, smaller and less prominent, some white marks on the costa near the apex, and a submarginal and a marginal brown line with white points. Hind wings and underside pale grey, unmarked; abdomen grey with white segmental lines; male with a prominent grey anal tuft. This little insect varies much in the shade of its general coloration, some specimens being reddish grey, and in many the white predominates. Expanse of wings ^ J ~ J % inch. June and July ; common in the cotton-fields. 160- HYPENA ABDUCALIS. Hypena abducalis, Walker, xvi. 67. Common in July. This species is very variable; some are strongly marked like the type, others have merely a whitish curved line on the fore wings from the tip to the base, with a few streaks, and the general colour of the wing is pale and quite different to the type. HERMINIID^E. 161. NODARIA EXTERNALIS. Nodaria externalis, Guenee, Delt. et Pyral. 64. 78. October. 162. APPHADANA MISERA. Apphadana misera, Butler, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 166. Mhow, October ; Assirghur, October. 163. SPADIX VEGETUS. Spadix vegetus, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 475, pi. 28. f. 14. June and September. 164. BYTURNA DIGRAMMA. Bocana digramma, Walker, xxxiv. 1170. September and October. 165. LABANDA PAMPHOSALIS. Bocana pamphosalis, Walker, xix. 887. October, |