1885.] ON LEPIDOPTERA OF BOMBAY AND THE- DECCAN. 447 



5. On the Lepidopteva of Bombay and the Deccan. — Part 

 III. IlY:TEKocERA.{continued). By Lt.-Col. C. SwinhoEj 

 F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



[Contiuued from p. 307.] 



[Received April 28, 1885.] 



(Plates XXVII., XXVin.) 



NOCTUES. 



BoMBICOIDiE. 



1. Karana DECORATA. 



Karana decorata, Moore, Desc. Lep. Col. Atkinson, ii. p. 107 

 (1882). 



Poona, October ; Sattara, June. 



LeUCANIIDyE. 



2. Leucania extranea. 



Leucania extranea, Gucnee, Noct. i. 77, 104. 



Poona, November and December ; Bombay, February. 



3. Leucania loreyi. 



Leucania loreyi, Dupouchel, Hist. Nat. Lep. France, iv. 81, 

 pi. 105. f. 7. 



Poona, November ; Bombay, February. 



4. Leucania polemusa, n. sp. (Plate XXVII. fig. 1.) 



Poona, September and October ; Bombay, July. 



Allied to L. decisisxima. Walker, but of altogether a different 

 colour. Pale greyish-fawn colour, shining. Abdomen very pale 

 greyish. Fore wings with a brownish stripe, which extends from base 

 to the outer margin, containing a small silvery streak turned up at 

 the end of the cell ; numerous blackish longitudinal lines coverino- 

 the whole wing, with tlie exception of a small space just below the 

 cell. A discal row of black points, from near the apex to the hinder 

 margin; absent in some specimens. Hind wings glistening white. 



Expanse of wings Ij^^ to 1^-*^ inch. 



5. Leucania subsignata. 



Leucania subsignata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 336. 

 Bombay. 



6. Sesamia inferens. 



Leucania inferens, Walker, ix. 105. 

 Bombay, September and October. 



7. AXYHA RENALIS. 



Axylia renalis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 341. 

 Poona, July, September, and October. 



