1885.] of bombay and the deccan. 295 



60. Spilarctia confusa. 



Spilarctia confusa, Butler, 111. Typ. Lep. Het. B. M. pi. 85. 

 f. 13. 



Bombay, September, October, and November. 



61. Spilarctia qxjadriramosa. 



Euprepia quadriramosa, Kollar, in Hiigel's Kaschmir, 468, 6. 

 Sattara, November. 



62. Spilosoma mona, n. sp. (Plate XX. figs. 3 c?, 4 $ .) 

 Mahableshwur, May. 



c5' 2 . Pale yellowish testaceous, hind wing lighter than the fore 

 wing ; abdomen deep chrome-yellow, with a line of black spots down 

 the centre, on each segment, beneath, wings and body paler yellowish 

 testaceous ; coxae bright crimson above, tibiae black above, both pale 

 testaceous beneath ; tarsi deep black ; fore wings above with three 

 rows of black dots placed in pairs, first row before the middle, which 

 in the male is composed of only three dots and in the female of six ; 

 second beyond the middle, third submarginal. 



Hind wing with the entire cell black in the female, black only at its 

 end in the male, and with a discal and submarginal black macular 

 band, the latter the deeper, and both bands deeper and more regular 

 in the female than in the male ; underside, all the wings with the 

 cells black, the male having the black only at the end of the cell in 

 the hind wing, and with two wavy, black, deep macular bands across 

 both wings, the first medial, the second discal. 



Expanse of wings 1^ inch. 



63. Alope ricini. 



Noctua ricini, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1, p. 473 (1793). 



Poona, June, July, and August ; Sattara, September ; Matheran, 

 May ; Ahmednugger, November. 



Larvae feed on Ricinus communis ; they had long brownish hairs ; 

 length I5 inch ; larval stage 24 days ; pupal stage 21 days. 



64. Alope clavatus, n. sp. 



Poona, October ; Mahableshwur, May ; Bombay, July, September, 

 and October. 



(S 2 • Head, thorax, and fore wings brown ; fore wings crossed by 

 several macular bands of a darker shade ; hind wings and abdomen 

 yellow, the latter with black macular bands above and below and 

 also in the sides ; hind wing with the costa and outer margin blackish 

 browUj and with three macular bands of the same colour ; below, the 

 wings are coloured and marked exactly as above ; antennae and legs 

 blackish brown, the latter with the knees and tips yellow. 



Expanse of wings , S 1^ inch, $ 2-f(j inch. 



65. Phissama transiens. 

 Spilosoma transiens, Walker, iii. 675. 

 Belgaum, 



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