1885.] ON LEPIDOrXERA OF BOMBAY AND THE- DKCCAN. 447 



5. On the Lepidoptera of Bombay and the Deccan. — Part 

 III. llET!ERocER\{continued) . By Lt.-Col. C. Swinhoe, 

 F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



[Continued from p. 307.] 



[Received April 28, 1885.] 



(Plates XXVII., XXVIII.) 



NOCTUES. 



BOMBICOID.E. 



1. Karana DECORATA. 



Karana decorata, Moore, Desc. Lep. Col. Atkinson, ii. p. 107 

 (1882). 



Pooiia, October ; Sattara, June. 



Leucaniid^. 



2. Leucania extranea. 



Leucania extranea, Guenee, Noct. i. 77, 104. 



Poona, November and December ; Bombay, February. 



3. Leucania loreyi. 



Leucania loreyi, Dupoucbel, Hist. Nat. Lep. France, iv. 81, 

 pi. 10.1. f. 7. 



Poona, November ; Bombay, February. 



4. Leucania polemusa, n. sp. (Plate XXVII. fig. I.) 



Poona, September and October ; Bombay, July. 



Allied to L. decisissima, Walker, but of altogether a diflferent 

 colour. Pale greyish-fawn colour, shining. Abdomen very pale 

 greyish. Fore wings with a brownish stripe, which extends from base 

 to the outer margin, containing a small silvery streak turned up at 

 the end of the cell ; numerous blackish longitudinal lines covering 

 the whole wing, with the exception of a small space just below the 

 cell. A discal row of black points, from near the apex to the hinder 

 margin ; absent in some specimens. Hind wiugs glistening white. 



Expanse of wings Ij-^ to 1 ^-^^ inch. 



5. Leucania subsignata, 



Leucania subsinnata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 336. 

 Bombay. 



6. Sesamia inferens. 



Leucania inferens. Walker, ix. 105. 

 Bombay, September and October. 



7. AXYLIA renalis. 



Axylia renalis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 341. 

 Poona, July, September, and October. 



