1888.] FROM WESTERN INDIA. 309 



69. POLIA SCOTOCHLORA. (No. 120.) 



PoUa scotochlora, Kollar, Kaschmir, p. 482. 



Two females and one male from Thundiani, August 1886. " A 

 few only." 



Hitherto unrepresented in the Brit. Mus. collection. 



70. HeCATERA MODESTA. (No. 117-) 



Hecatera modesta, Moore, Desc. Het. Lep. Coll. Atk. pt. ii. 

 p. 125. 



One female from Thundiani, taken September 5, 1886. " Two 

 or three only were taken." 



Family Cosmiid^. 



70 a. CosMiA , sp. n. (No. 132 ?) 



Two females from Dumtanar, October 11, 1886, both much worn* 

 Sent along with Oxira ochracea, and confused with it, till a series of 

 specimens in good condition in the Hocking Collection enabled them 

 to be separated. Mr. Butler has determined it to be a Cosmiu, at 

 present unnamed. 



Family Heliothid^. 



71. Heliothis armigera. (Nos. 12 & 21.) 

 Noctua armigera, Hb. Noct. pi. 79. fig. 370. 



Four males, all from Campbellpore, and four females from that 

 place and from Hassan Abdal and Akhor, in April, May, and June, 

 1886. 



All the males are the small brown form ; all the females the 

 larger greyer one. 



72. Heliothis peltigera. (No. 12.) 



Noctua peltigera ("W. V. 89. 2), Hb. Noct. pi. 63. fig. 310. 

 One male taken the end of July, at Khairahad. 



Family Acontiid^. 



73. ACONTIA LUCIDA. (No. 46.) 



Phalcena-Noctua lucida, Hufn. Berl. M. iii. p. 302. 424. 

 Acontia Solaris, Tr. Schm. Eur. v. Abh. 3, p. 244. 6. 

 One female from Chittar Pahar, two males from Campbellpore 

 aud Khairabad; all taken in April, 1886. 



74. Thalpochares triangularis, sp. n. (No. 49.) 



Fore wing very pale olive tinged with pink ; a sharply bordered 

 basal patch, an equally sharply bordered, but smaller, costal triangle, 

 and a narrow marginal line together with the fringes dark olive- 

 brown ; immediately beyond the basal patch and the costal triangle 

 are two delicate pink fasciae, glossy in certain lights. Hind wing 

 with the ciiia dull fuscous. Head, face, and thorax dark olive- 



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