1884.] lepidoptera from kurrachee. 517 



Orthosiid^e. 



27. Orthosia infrequens, n. sp. (Plate XL VII. fig. 11.) 



Kurrachee, July. 



Dull fawn-colour : fore wings with the outer border slightly 

 toothed ; orbicular and reniform spots distinct, with greyish rings ; 

 a deep outer border darker than the ground-colour, with the veins 

 showing lighter ; hind wings paler than the fore wings, with a gloss 

 on them ; outer border as in the fore wings. Expanse of wings l T 2 ,j 

 inch. 



XYLINID.E. 



28. Jarasana lativitta, Moore, Desc. Lep. in Atkinson Col., 

 vol. ii. p. 132. 



Kurrachee, July 1879. One example. 



Acontiid^e. 



29. Xanthodes innocens, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xv. 

 p. 1752. 



Kurrachee, October and November, 1879 and 1880. 



30. Xanthodes arcuata, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xii. 

 p. 779. 



Kurrachee, February. 



31. Acontia hortensis, ii. sp. (Plate XLVII. fig. 7.) 



Kurrachee, September. 



Allied to A. Solaris of Europe, but considerably smaller. Fore 

 wings chocolate-brown, speckled with white at the base ; a broad 

 white band before the middle ; a large square white spot on the 

 costa before the apex ; a sinuous submarginal white line, the margin 

 also marked with white. Hind wings pale chocolate-colour, with 

 the border slightly darker. Underside very pale bronzy chocolate, 

 with the white markings showing through. Expanse of wings T 9 ff 

 inch. 



32. Erastria ftjtilis, n. sp. (Plate XLVII. fig. 8.) 



Kurrachee, March. 



Allied to E. scitula. Silvery grey ; palpi and eyes black : fore 

 wings with a basal and antemedial line brown, the latter bordered 

 with grey outwardly, beyond this the whole of the wing is more or less 

 blackish brown, with the reniform stigma black, and with a post- 

 medial and submarginal wavy white line, both expanding towards 

 the costa, making the apical portion of the wing whitish ; marginal 

 line black. Hind wing with the lower part of the basal third 

 suffused with brownish, with a brownish diffused discal band, and 

 with some brownish in the margin ; marginal line black. Expanse 

 of wings T 6 - inch. 



