1884.] LKPIDOPTKRA FROM KURRACHEE. 513 



70. Gomalia litoralis, n. sp. (Plate XLVII. fig. 4.) 



Kurrachee, July 1879, in the salt-marshes on the sea-shore. 



Allied to G. albofasciata, Moore. Larger, and more marked with 

 white above ; costa arched, very nearly straight ; ground-colour 

 similar. Fore wing with a deep short white band occupying the 

 space at the end of the cell, marked with black on the inner side, 

 the black colour continued in the form of a band to the hinder 

 margin, forming an elbow at the larger end of the white band ; a 

 black band near the base, edged with whitish ; a lunular white spot 

 on the disk, with a small white spot near it above ; a white streak 

 running down from the costa near the apex ; costa greyish ; fringe 

 of the wing alternate brown and grey. Hind wings with a white 

 spot at the base, a broad white discal band, and a deep white sinuous 

 fringe. Below, the indications of the white markings are similar, 

 but there is a white band at the base of the hind wings instead of 

 a spot, and the entire surface of both wings is of a suffused pale 

 bronzy-brown colour, with all the markings suffused and indistinct. 



HETEROCERA. 



SPHINGID.E. 



1. Acherontia styx, Westwood, Cab. Orient. Ent. p. 88, 

 pi. 42. f. 3. 



Kurrachee, July and August. 



Larvae feed on potato, jasmine, colia, Erythrina indica and Datura. 

 Colour varies in accordance with the kind of food they are found on : 

 those feeding on potato were of a bright canary-yellow, with seven 

 violet stripes, those on jasmine were of a darker colour, and those 

 found on E. indica and Datura were green with purple stripes. All 

 produced the same kind of moth, without any visible difference in 

 the shade of colouring or markings ; the larvae and moths both make 

 the same peculiar clicking noise when disturbed. Length 4 to 5| 

 inches. Larval stage 28 days ; pupal stage varies from 1 to 4 months. 



2. Daphnis nerii, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 798, no. 5. 

 Kurrachee, March, April, and May (1879-80). 



Reared by me two years in succession (1879-80) ; larvaa feed on 

 leaves of wild oleander and on flowers of the cultivated double garden 

 oleander, not touching the leaves of this kind ; has three broods in 

 succession. I have also found the larva at Poona on Tabernamon- 

 tana and Coronaria ; the coloration of the moths at Poona is, how- 

 ever, much darker. 



3. Deilephila livornica, Hiibner, Sphing. p. 96, no. 5, 

 pi. 12. f. 65, pi. 23. f. 112. 



Kurrachee, March and May (1879-80). 



4. Chcerocampa celerio, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 800, no. 12. 

 Kurrachee, November and December. 



Larvae feed on Caladium ; there are three or four broods in sue- 



