298 LIETJT.-COL. C. SWINHOE O'N THE LEPIDOPTERA [Mar. 17, 



79. EUPROCTIS LTJNATA. 



Euproctis lunata, Walker, iv. p. 837, vii. p. 1731. 

 Poona, September and November. 



80. Euproctis vitellina. 



Liparis vitellina, Kollar, Kaschmir von Hiigel, pp. 471-4. 

 Sattara, November, 



81. Euproctis postica. 



Euproctis postica. Walker, xxxii. p. 348. 



Poona, March ; Bombay, September and October, very plentiful. 



82. Perina basalis. 



Perina basalis, Walker, iv. p. 966. 



Poona, October ; Belgaum ; Bombay, September, October, and 

 November. 



Larvae feed on Ficus indicus and F. religiosa. The male has the 

 outer two thirds of the fore wing hyaline, the base mouse-colour, 

 hind wings mouse-colour with a large hyaline spot on the external 

 angle. The larvae and pupse are very brilliantly coloured. The 

 insect is very plentiful in Poona, where I reared a large number. 



83. Artaxa leithiana. 



Artaxa leithiana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 399, pi. 32, f. 9. 



Poona, July ; Bombay, September, very plentiful. 



A variable insect ; varies in coloration from deep yellow to nearly 

 white, and the macular median band is sometimes regular from costa 

 to hinder margin, and is sometimes only represented by one or two 

 spots. 



84. Artaxa varians. 



Artaxa vat-ians. Walker, iv. p. 796. 

 Poona ; Bombay, September. 



85. Artaxa brevivitta, 



Artaxa brevivitta, Moore, P, Z. S. 1879, p. 400, pi. 32. f. 10. 

 Poona. 



86. Artaxa fraterna. 



Artaxa fraterna, Moore, Lep. of Ceylon, ii. p. Sb. 

 Poona ; Bombay, August to November. 



87. Artaxa scintillans. 



Somena scintillans^ Walker, vii. p. 1 734. 



Poona, October and November; Bombay, October, November, 

 and December. 



