292 lieut.-col. c. swinhoe on the lepidoptera [mar. 17, 



Agaristid^. 



34. eusemia afflicta. 



Eusemia afflicta, Butler, Ann. Nat. Hist. 18/5, p. 118. 

 Poona, June and September. 



35. Eusemia contracta. 



Eusemia contracta, Butler, Ent. Mo. Mag. 1875, p. 117. 

 Belgaum. 



36. ^GOCERA VENULIA. 



Phalena venulia. Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. 107, pi. 165. f. D. 

 Poona, September. 



Chalcosiid^. 



37. Chalcosia affinis. 



Gynantocera affinis, Guer. Voy. Delessert, Hist. Nat. p. 86, pi. 24. 

 f. 2.' 



Belgaum. 



Nyctemerid^. 



38. Nyctemeba lactilinea. 



PhalcBua geometra lactilinea. Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. 47, pi. 128. 

 f. E. 



Belgaum. 



LlTHOSIlD^. 



39. Lacides ficus. 



Noctua Jicus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. pp. 27-62. 

 Poona, February and August; Belgaum; Mahableshwur ; 

 Bombay, August to November. 



40. Damalis alciphron. 



Noctua alciphron. Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. p. .5.8, pi. 133. f. E. 

 Bombay, August to November. Very plentiful. 



41. Damalis strigivenata. 



Damalis strigivenata, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1875, p. 321. 

 Poona ; Belgaum ; Bombay, October and November. 



42. Damalis sericea. 



Hypsa sericea, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 3. 



Poona, November ; Bombay. 



Larvae of all the above four species feed on Ficus religiosa and 

 several other kinds of Ficvs ; larvae change their skins twice i t 8 days' 

 interval from the date of hatching, length about 1| in. ; they very 

 much resemble each other, but the larva of L. ficus can be distin- 

 guished by a yellow spot on the side, rather in rear of the centre ; 

 they are regular night-feeders, hiding on the lower sides of the leaves 

 in the body of the trees during the daytime; they make a cocoon 



