304 LIEUT.-COL. C. SWINHOE ON THE LEPIDOPTERA [Mar. 17, 



120. EUPTEROTE DISCREPANS. 



cJ Tagora discrepans, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1884, p. 360. 



Bombay, August to September. 



$ has the entire surface of both wings diffused with reddish, the 

 space beyond the discal line being so dark as to form a deep 

 marginal band ; the antennse, head, thorax, abdomen above and 

 below, and all the legs are dull yellowish red. 



Expanse of wings 4 inches. 



121. EuPTEROTE UNDANS. 



Dreata undans. Walker, iv. p. 90.5. 

 Mahableshwur, May. 



122. EuPTEROTE SIMILIS. 



Eupterote similis, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1884, p. 369. 

 Poona, June. 



123. EuPTEROTE MOLLIS. 



Eupterote mollis, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1884, p. 367. 



Bombay, August to September. 



A very pretty local species. I have never met with it except in 

 Bombay, where it is very plentiful ; I have seen the ground under 

 the great electric light on the Malabar Hill covered with them at 

 night. 



124. Messata translata, n. sp. (Plate XXI. fig. 5 d .) 



Sattara, June. 



cS reddish yellow, fore wings with four latitudinal straight bands 

 across the wings, composed of brown raised atoms — inner, central, 

 outer, and submarginal ; hind wings with only two bauds, central 

 and outer ; underside paler and unmarked. 



5 dull red, fore wings with an outer band ; hind wings with a 

 central band and a faint indication of an outer band. 



Expanse of wings, 6 2^^ inches, $ 4y2_ inches. 



125. Messata castanoptera. 



cJ . Messata castanoptera, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1884, 

 p. 372. 



Poona, September and October ; Belgaum, September. 



The female is of a deep pinkish-brown colour, fore wings with 

 one postmedial line ; hind wings with one medial line and in some 

 specimens a faint indication of postmedial line. It is a common insect 

 in Poona. 



Expanse of wings 2^% inches. 



126. Sangatissa citrinula. 

 Dreata citrinula. Walker, xxxii. p. 376. 

 Sattara. 



