Fam. ACONtidæ. Genus XANTHODES, Guen. XANTHODES TRANSVERSA, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 211. X. INTERSEPTA, Guen. ib. p. 212. X. IMPELLENS, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xv. Noct. p. 1752. X. INNOCENS, Walk. ib. p. 1752. X. IMPARATA. Xanthia imparata, Walk. ib. x. Noct. p. 467. Genus CANNA, Walk. CANNA PULCHRIPICTA, Walk. ib. xxxiii. Suppl. iii. p. 790, pl. 6. f. 10. Darjeeling. Genus ACONTIA, Ochs. ACONTIA OLIVEA, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 217. Bengal. Larva feeds on the Brinjal (Solanum melongena).-A. Grote, Esq. A. TROPICA, Guen. ib. p. 217. A. SIGNIFERA, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xii. p. 793. Fam. ERASTRIDE. Genus ERASTRIA, Ochs. ERASTRIA? VENULIA, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. pl. 165. f. D. Fam. ANTHOPHILIDE. Genus ANTHOPHILA, Ochs. ANTHOPHILA HÆMORRHOIDA. Micra hemirhoda, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxiii. Suppl. iii. p. 799. Anthophila roseifascia, Walk. ib. p. 803. Fam. ERIOPIDE. Genus CALLOPISTRIA, Hübn. CALLOPISTRIA EXOTICA. Eriopus exotica, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 294. Darjeeling (W. S. Atkinson). Fam. EURHIPIDÆ. Genus ANUGA, Guen. Syn. Piada, Walk. ANUGA CONSTRICTA, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 308. A. LUNULATA, n. sp. Female greyish brown: fore wing with the costal half pale, the hinder half dark greyish brown, marked with numerous transverse darker brown lunules: hind wing dark greyish brown, whitish at the base; a ferruginous dark-bordered streak and contiguous spots from the anal angle. Body greyish brown. Expanse 13 inch. Bengal. In Coll. A. E. Russell. EUTELIA, SP? Genus EUTELIA. Genus VARNIA, Walk. VARNIA IGNITA, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxiii. Suppl. ii. p. 825. ABROSTOLA SUBAPICALIS, Walk. ib. xii. Noct. p. 883. Ingura recurrens, Walk. ib. xv. p. 1779. Calcutta. Genus PLUSIA, Ochs. PLUSIA AURIFERA, Hübn. (Guen. Noct. ii. p. 335). Larva found on common cabbage. P. VERTICILLATA, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xii. Noct. p. 923. Calcutta. Larva found on geranium.-A. Grote, Esq. P. AGRAMMA, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 327. P. inchoata, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. Suppl. iii. p. 841. Larva feeds on the Kuddoo (Lagenoica vulgaris), apparently on the leaf-tendrils.-A. Grote, Esq. P. SIGNATA, Fabr. (Guen. Noct. iii. p. 345). P. FURCIFERA, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xii. p. 927. P. ORNATISSIMA, Walk. ib. xv. p. 1786. P. GEMMIFERA, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xii. p. 934. P. SEMIVITTA, n. sp. (Pl. VI. fig. 13.) Male and female greyish brown, paler beneath: fore wing slightly suffused with cupreous from middle of the costa and below the apex; an elongated slightly oblique longitudinal discal silvery mark, beneath which is an oblique square dark brown band bordered on each side by a pale line, the outer line extending upward to the costa before the hind wing and abdomen pale cupreous brown. Head and thorax greyish brown, the latter with narrow brighter brown collar. Expanse 1 inch. apex: Darjeeling. In Coll. W. S. Atkinson; F. Moore. Fam. CALPIDE. Genus PLUSIODONTA, Guen. Syn. Deva, Walk. PLUSIODONTA CHALSYTOIDES, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 360. Deva conducens, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xii. Noct. p. 963. Calcutta. Larva bred on Clypea and Cissampelos.-A. Grote, Esq. HYBLEA PUERA, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. pl. 103. f. D, E. H. FIRMAMENTUM, Guen. ib. p. 392. Genus PHYCODES, Guen. Syn. Tegna, Walk. PHYCODES HIRUNDINICORNIS, Guen. ib. p. 389. Tegna hyblæella, Walk. Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxv. Suppl. v. p. 1810. Larva abundant on banyan (Ficus indica).-A. Grote, Esq. Fam. GONOPTERIDE. Genus COSMOPHILA, Boisd. COSMOPHILA XANTHINDYMA, Boisd. (Guen. Noct. ii. p. 396). Cirradia variolosa, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xii. p. 750. Larva feeds on Hibiscus.-A. Grote, Esq. Genus ANOMIS, Hübn. ANOMIS FULVIDA, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 397. A. GUTTANIVIS. Gonitis guttanivis, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xiii. p. 1003. Genus OSSONOBA, Walk. OSSONOBA TORPIDA, Walk. ib. xxxv. Suppl. v. p. 1966. Remark. The genus Ossonoba is closely allied to Scoliopteryx, Germ. (Gonoptera, Latr.). Fam. AMPHIPYRIDE. Genus AMPHIPYRA, Ochs. AMPHIPYRA MONOLITHA, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 414. Genus NENIA, Steph. NÆNIA CUPREA, n. sp. Male blackish cupreous brown, chalybeate-washed: fore wing with three or four short coppery-red costal bars with black borders; costal and discoidal vein coppery red; orbicular and reniform marks with a narrow yellowish border, the space before each and spot beneath black; one basal and two medial irregular transverse lunulated double black lines; a submarginal and a wavy marginal coppery line, the former bordered within by a row of broad black lunules: hind wing pale cupreous brown. Head and thorax blackish brown varied with ferruginous. Abdomen greyish brown, tips ferruginous. Cilia of hind wing pale ferruginous. Expanse 2 inches. Bengal. In Coll. A. E. Russell. N. CHALYBEATA, n. sp. Female blackish cupreous brown: fore wing with numerous chalybeate speckles; the discal veins lined with chalybeous; a basal and subbasal zigzag chalybeate line, a discal and submarginal lunulated chalybeate line, each with a dark border; exterior margin chalybeous; orbicular and reniform marks dark, centred with chalybeate speckles, reniform mark large and with a copper-coloured border: hind wing dull pale cupreous brown, with a narrow whitish marginal band; cilia brown, speckled with white. Head and thorax blackish brown. Abdomen brown. Expanse 22 inches. Bengal. In Coll. F. Moore. Fam. TOXOCAMPID.E. Genus TOXOCAMPA, Guen. TOXOCAMPA TETRASPILA. Remigia tetraspila, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxiii. Suppl. iii. p. 1018. Darjeeling. T. COSTIMACULA, Guen. Noct. ii. P. 429. Fam. POLYDESMIDE. Genus PANDESMA, Guen. Syn. Cerbia, Walk. PANDESMA QUÉNAVADI, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 438. Silhet. Genus POLYDESMA, Boisd. POLYDESMA BOARMOIDES, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 441. Alamis brevipalpis, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xiii. p. 1051. P. SCRIPTILIS, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 442. Remigia optatura, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xv. p. 1848. A. CONTINUA, Walk. ib. xxxiii. Suppl. iii. p. 877. A. GLAUCINANS, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 6. ⚫ Genus HOMOPTERA, Boisd. HOMOPTERA INFLIGENS, Walk. 7. C. xiii. Noct. p. 1068. PROC, ZOOL. SOC.-1867, No. V. |