520 LIETJT.-COL. C. SWINHOE ON [Nov. 4, 



47. Pandesma similata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 24. 



Shikapore, April 1879. 



Two chrysalides received by post, hatched two days after 

 arrival, producing one of each sex. 



48. Pandesma devia, n. sp. (Plate XLVIII. fig. 3.) 



Kurrachee, June. 



In coloration and markings it has the g eueral appearance of a 

 large Heliothis armigera. Body whitish grey : fore wings ochreous 

 ash colour ; costa with a few brown marks near the base, a small 

 orbicular ringlet ; reniform stigma large, excavated anteriorly ; an 

 inner and an outer latitudinal thin slightly sinuous line, a broad 

 grey band right across the marginal area, suffused inwardly and 

 bordered with a sinuous white line outwardly, with a black spot on 

 this line towards the apex of the wing, with brown lines on the 

 veins extending from this white line to the outer border ; fringe 

 brown. Hind wings pale ochreous grey, with a very broad, brown 

 discal band, and a somewhat suffused lighter brown marginal 

 border ; fringe white. Underside pale whitish grey, slightly brown 

 on the borders and costa, with a pale brown discal band through 

 both wings. Expanse of wings 1^ G inch. 



HOMOPTERID.E. 



49. Homoptera vetusta, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxiii. 

 p. 875. 



Kurrachee, April and May, 18/9-1880. Common. 



Hypogrammid^e. 



50. Selepa docilis, Butler, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 619. 

 Kurrachee, May and November, 1879-1880. Hubb River, No- 

 vember 1879. 



51. Othora jENea, n. sp. (Plate XLVIII. fig. 1.) 

 Kurrachee, July. 



iEneous brown, paler beneath and more bronzy ; fore wings above 

 with a basal wavy band which stops short of the costa, and a central 

 wavy band which passes across the reniform stigma, of a darker 

 colour ; otherwise both wings above and below are unmarked. Ex- 

 panse of wings 1 inch. 



BeNDIDjE. 



52. Hamodes aurantica, Guenee, Noct. hi. p. 203, no. 1603. 

 Jacobabad, January 1879. 



OpHIUSIDjE. 



53. Lagoptera magica, Hiibner, Samml. exot. Schmett. iii. 

 •p. 32, no. 268, f. 535, 536. 



Kurrachee. 



Is not uncommon ; but unfortunately I have no note of dates. I 

 have found the larvae feeding on Quisqualis indica. 



