1886,] LEPIDOPTERA FROM WESTERN INDIA. 387 



142. ChILENA SIMILIS ? 



Cliilena similis, Walker, Cat. Lep. Bet. v. p. 1071. n. 1 (1855). 



S 2, Campbellpore, from cocoon, July 1885. 



The pair forwarded to me are very large for this species, but, so far 

 as can be judged from the much rubbed and frayed specimens, there 

 apj;ears to be no difference of pattern. 



143. Megasoma venustum. 



2 . Megasoma venustum, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. vi. p. 1449. 

 n. C (1855). 



?, Campbellpore, 20th July, 1885. 



Must iliid^. 



144. Mustilia columbaris, sp. n. (Plate XXXV. fig. ".) 

 Pale sandy greyish brown ; primaries crossed by two dark greyish 



lines, the inner one very irregularly sinuated, commencing in a 

 brown costal streak, the second regular, oblique, from inner margin 

 to apex ; a brown patch at second third of costa and one or two 

 diffused spots on outer border ; a black spot at end of cell : secon- 

 daries with one irregularly angulated line beyond the middle ; costal 

 area whitish ; external area dusky ; a black dot at end of cell : head 

 white : under surface uniform pale sandy brown, reddish towards 

 outer margin, a single straight grey Hne across the wings. Expanse 

 of wings 61 millim. 



Murree, 13th August, 1885. 



145. Caligula simla. 



Saturnia simla, Westwood, Cat. Orient. Eat. p. 41, pi. 20. fig. 1, 



Murree, August 1885. 



One specimen is labelled as " from chrysalis said to have come 

 from the snows. Cashmere." All the specimens arrived in a more 

 or less shattered condition. 



N OTODONTID^. 



146. ICHTHYURA CUPBEATA, Sp. n. 



Brownish or dust-grey ; primaries darker than secondaries and 

 varied with irregular bands of pale reddish cupreous ; the wings 

 crossed by whitish lines forming in large irregular characters the 

 letters VB (left-hand wing) ; a submarginal series of unequal dust- 

 grey spots is left between the cupreous bands on the disk ; secon- 

 daries pale towards the base, the costa white ; thorax dark grey- 

 brown : under surface pale and without markings. Expanse of wings 

 28 millim. 



Campbellpore, 26th July, 1885. 



Drepanulid^. 



147. Argyria cinerea, sp. n. (Plate XXXV. fig. 8.) 



Pale dove-grey ; primaries darker in the centre ; all the wings 



