1885.] OF BOMBAY AND THE DECCAN. 885 



and is the first of this genus described from India. It is repre- 

 sented by a single specimen in Colonel Swinhoe's collection from 

 Bombay. 



AciPTiLiA, Hiibner. 



215. ACIPTILIA OXYDACTYLA. 



Pterophorus oxydactylus, Walker, xxx. 944. 



Poona, September and December. Common. 



Undistinguishable from Pterophorus oxijdactylus. Walker, from 

 Ceylon. Under Walker's name P. conyrualis from India are two 

 distinct species. The second specimen is at least very closely allied to 

 P. oxydactylus, apparently differing only in the markings of the upper 

 side of the abdomen, but the first and third specimens have dark 

 spots in the cilia of the dorsal margin of the fore wings and probably 

 belong to the genus Miniescoptilus . Col. Swinhoe's specimens have 

 white marks on (he legs as in P. oxydactylus. 



216. ACIPTILIA ATOMOSA, n. sp. 



Bombay. 



Head, thorax, palpi, and antennae dull fawn-colour, the latter with 

 a slender dark fuscous streak along their upper side towards the 

 base. 



Fore wings dull fawn-colour, sprinkled with dark fuscous scales 

 except along the costal portion of the wing. The anterior lobe has 

 three dark fuscous spots on its costal margin at the base of the 

 fringes, the first at about one third of its length from the base of the 

 cleft ; the other two closely approximate to each other about half 

 way between the first and the apex of the wing. The fringes are 

 ver}- slightly paler than the wings, and are thickly speckled with dark 

 fuscous dots beneath the apical portion of the anterior lobe and on 

 both sides of the apex of the posterior lobe. In the fringes on the 

 dorsal margin about the middle is a group of dark fuscous spots. 



Hind wings pale fawn-brown, cleft to more than half their length, 

 between the first and second lobes. On the dorsal margin of the 

 third lobe is a row of dark fuscous dots along the middle of the 

 fringes. Abdomen dull fawn-colour, with scarcely paler inconspicuous 

 bands at the junction of the segments. Legs dull fawn-colour, with 

 paler spurs ; along the underside of each spur runs a dark fuscous 

 line, and on the two anterior pairs of legs ihese lines are continued 

 along the whole length of tlie legs themselves. 



Expanse 20 millim. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Plate LVI. 



Fig. 1 . Ephyra quiefa, p. 856. 



2. Chilkasafalcafa, p. 853. 



3. Boarmia gleha, p. 853. 



4. Hyhernia hihcrnaria, p. 862. 



5. Lyccmges albritus, p. 862. 



6. lodis qucmiula, p. 855. 



7. Geometra aperta, p. 855. 



