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Show 1886.] LEPIDOPTERA OF MHOW. 457 densely packed in places, forming bands along the costa and on all the borders of both wings. Fore wings with an oblique central band of the same colour (also irrorated with darker atoms) from the centre of the hinder margin to the apex; a row of brown dots between this band and the outer margin, the dots being connected together with a line of pale atoms; a brown dot at the end of the cell and sometimes one or two more in a row inwards; fringe white, densely irrorated with brown atoms, making it clearly interlined. Hind wings with a brown dot at the end of the cell, with a central band of the same colour as that in the fore wings, the band being curved inwardly to the costa; an outward row of dots connected together by brownish atoms, and a marginal row of dots; fringe as in fore wings ; in some specimens the outer line of atoms in both wings is double, with the dot on the inside line. Underside like the upperside, but darker and duller. Expanse of wings -^ inch. February to June ; common. 196. NADAGARA GRISEA. Nadagara grisea, Butler, P. Z.S. 1883, p. 172. May. PYRALES. PYRALIDJE. 197- PYRALIS LUCILLALIS. Pyralis lucillalis, Walker, xvii. 268. April and September. 198. PYRALIS UBERALIS. Pyralis uberalis, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 523, pi. 48. f. 10. May. 199. CLEDEOBIA HYPOTIALIS. Cledeobia hypotialis, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 866. June, September, and October ; in great plenty in June. ENNYCHIID^E. 200. PYRAUSTA STULTALIS. Botys stultalis, Walker, xviii. 669. June and September. 201. RHODARIA JUNCTURALIS. Rhodaria juncturalis, Walker, xxxiv. 1283. September. ASOPIID^E. 202. H Y M E N I A FASCIALIS. Phala?na-Pyralis fascialis, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. p. 236, pi. 398. f. O. June, July, and September. |