1885.] of bombay and the deccan. 877 



Phycid^. 



My large collection of Phycidae must stand over until M. Ragonot 

 publishes liis monograph on this genus ; nearly all the types from 

 private collections in England appear to be now in his possession in 

 Paris. 



177. HOMCEOSOMA GRATELLA. 



Homceosoma gratella, Walker, xvii. 26. 

 Poona, October and November ; Bombay. 



178. Homceosoma derasella, u. sp. (Plate LVII. fig. 19.) 

 Poona, September ; Bombay, October. 



Reddish cinereous, irrorated with grey ; palpi and head marked 

 with white. Fore wings with the costa greyish, with two incom- 

 plete blackish bands, inwardly oblique, one antemedial, the other 

 medial, both stopping short at one third from the costa, two incom- 

 plete, very indistinct, reddish discal lines, abseut in some specimens. 

 Hind wings whitish grey towards the outer margin ; fringe inter- 

 lined white and grey. 



Expanse of wings ^ inch. 



179. Nephopteryx lentalis, n. sp. (Plate LVII. fig. 18.) 

 Bombay. 



Antennae, palpi, head, and thorax dark pinkish grey, marked with 

 brown ; abdomen pale grey, with blackish segmental bands. Fore 

 wings white, with a slight tinge of pinkish, irrorated with pinkish 

 brown atoms, a grey basal band with a black mark in it, a medial 

 grey band broad on the hinder margin, and narrowing to the costa, 

 with the upper half black, a black apical diffuse streak and a white 

 line near the outer margin, crossing the apical streak and running 

 through a diffuse blackish band ; marginal points black ; fringe 

 grey. Hind wings whitish ; marginal line grey ; fringe interhued 

 white and grey. 



Expanse uf wings -j^ inch. 



180. Nephopteyrx laxalis, n. sp. 

 Poona, November. 



Antennae, palpi, head, thorax, and fore wings yellowish brown; 

 abdomen grey; hind wings whitish. Fore wings with the costa 

 grey, with a broad, diffuse, subcostal grey band, which occupies 

 nearly the upper half of the wing and expands on the outer margin, 

 having a large spot of the ground-colour of the wings in its centre ; 

 hinder margin also suffused with grey. Hind wings whitish, un- 

 marked. Underside whitish testaceous, shining, unmarked. 



Expanse of wings -^ inch. 



181. Nephopteryx creperalis, n. sp. (Plate LVII. fig. 20.) 

 Poona, October. 



Greyish brown, irrorated with black atoms ; abdomen (especially 

 in the female) with whitish segmental lines. Fore wings with the 

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