1883.] MR. A. G. BUTLER ON INDIAN LKPIDOPTERA. 163 



85. COSMOPHILA XANTHINDYMA. 



cj . 'Cosmophila xanthindyma, Boisduval, Faune de Madag. pi. 13. 

 fig. 7 (1833). 



$. Cosmophila indica, Guenee, Noct. ii. p. 39(), n. 1256 

 (1852). 



" Si Solun ; 5 , common at Mhow during September." — G. S. 



Of the male Colonel Swiuhoe says, " also taken at Mhow iu 

 October." 



86. Gonitis mesogona. 



Gonitis mesogona, Walker, Cat. Lep. Ilet. xiii. p. 1002, n. 10 

 (1857). 



Solun, in July. 



87. Gonitis involtjta. 



Gonitis involuta, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xiii. p. 1003, n. 12 

 (1857). 



" Nilgherries ; also taken at Kurrachee in June." — C 5. 



88. Polydesma latjdula. 



Polydesma laudula, Guenee, Noct. ii. p. 441, n. 1313 (1852). 

 "Depalpur, November 1881 ; taken also at Mhow in Septem- 

 ber."— C. S. 



89. Lophoptera costata. 

 Lophoptera costata, Moore, MS. 

 " Dharmsala, in August." — C. S. 



This species is in Mr. Hocking's collection ; the specimen sent by 

 Colonel Swinhoe has lost its abdomen and antennae. 



90. Gyrtona chalybea, sp. n. 



Primaries smoky grey with steel-blue reflections, spotted and stria- 

 ted with blackish ; a spot on the reniform marking (which is outlined 

 in black) and two parallel discal series of subconfluent spots golden 

 cupreous; a brown submarginal stripe and a marginal series of black 

 dashes ; fringe whitish, traversed by two slender blackish lines : 

 secondaries with the basal half opaline, hyaline white, with black 

 veins ; external half dark brown ; fringe pure white, traversed by a 

 blackish stripe : thorax blackish ; abdomen smoky grey. Wings below 

 opaline white, veins blackish ; a broad external dark-brown border ; 

 costal area of primaries blackish ; four white dots on the costal 

 margin beyond the cell ; body below white ; legs greyish above. 

 Expanse of wings 33 mm. 



" Solun, in September ; also taken there in August." — C. S. 



Although Walker places this genus in the Phycidfe, it differs but 

 little from Steiria. 



