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THE MOTHS OF INDIA. 



SUPPLEMENTARY PAPER TO THE VOLUMES IN 



" THE FAUNA OF BRITISH INDIA."' 



SERIES IV, PART V. 



BY 



Sir George P. Hampson, Bart., f.z.s., f.e.s. 

 {^Continued from imge 911 of this Volume). 

 Catocalin^. 



2443a. HoMOPTERA eremochroa, n. sp. 



9 . Head, thorax and abdomen pale grey-brown : palpi white, the 

 extremity of 2nd joint and the 3rd joint blackish ; pectus, legs and 

 ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore tarsi black ringed with white. 

 Forewing brownish grey irrorated with black, the costa with numerous 

 black striae with slight whitish streaks between them ; subbasal line repre- 

 sented by black points on median nervure and vein 1 ; antemedial line 

 black, minutely waved and slightly excurved ; reniform a minute lunule 

 with traces of a blackish line from it to inner margin ; postmedial line 

 indistinctly double, slightly bent outwards below costa and incurved at 

 discal fold, incurved below vein 4 and excurved at vein 1 ; subterminal 

 line indistinctly double filled in with grey, angled outwards at vein 7 and 

 excurved at middle ; a minutely waved black line just before termen 

 with series of black points in the interspaces. Hindwing brownish grey 

 with dark strise on inner margin ; traces of four waved dark lines on 

 terminal half ; a lunulate black line just before termen ; cilia whitish with 

 a brown line through them ; the underside white irrorated with pale brown 

 except on basal and inner areas, a slight discoidal point and waved 

 blackish terminal line. 



Habitat. — Bombay, Deesa (Nurse). Exp. 24 mill. Type in B. M. 



2446a. Homoptera ruficolora, n. sp. 



(S . Head, thorax and abdomen bright rufous mixed with some 

 ochreous ; antennse blackish ; tarsi blackish ringed with whitish. Fore- 

 wing bright rufous ; subbasal line deep rufous, double, waved, from costa 

 to median nervure ; antemedial line deep rufous, minutely waved, inwardly 

 oblique ; medial line minutely waved, excurved : postmedial line indis- 

 tinctly double, oblique from costa to vein 6, slightly incurved at discal 

 fold, incurved and minutely waved below vein 4 ; subterminal line 

 indistinct, brown, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a terminal series 

 of slight brown strise. Hindwing greyish white, the veins and terminal 

 area suffused with bright rufous ; a postmedial series of minute dark 



