4-48 LIEUT.-COL. C. SWINHOE ON THE LEPIDOPTERA. [May 5, 



8. AXYLIA FURTIVA, 11. Sp. 



Poona, October and December. 



Thorax and fore wings shining chocolate-brown, with a longitudinal 

 fascia btlow the cell and many longitudinal streaks pale pinkish ; 

 orbicular and reniform spots very prominent, pale pinkish, interlined 

 with brown, the latter very large ; outer border with black points. 

 Hind wings smoky brown, paler towards the base, glistening ; fringe 

 pinkish luteous ; abdomen whitish. 



Expanse of wings -^jj inch. 



DiscoRDiA, gen. uov. 

 Wings long: foie wing narrow; costa almost straight, exterior margin 

 obliquely convex ; posterior margiu convex ; cell extending three fifths 

 the length ; first and second subcostals from close to end of cell, third 

 trifid ; radials from end of the discocellular; middle median from close 

 to end of cell, lower at one fifth ; submedian slightly recurved. Hind 

 wing long, narrow, exterior margin very obliquely convex ; cell half 

 the length ; two subcostals from end of cell ; upper costal running 

 close to the costal for one third its length ; discocellular bent inward 

 before the middle, lower end long and outwardly oblique ; radial 

 from close to its lower end ; middle median from close to end of cell, 

 lower at one third ; body rather stout ; palpi minute, pilose ; antennae 

 filiform ; legs rather stout, squamous. 



jl^\,M^ . 9. DiscoRDiA EVULSA, n. sp. (Plate XXVII. fig. 2.) 



Poona, November. 



Antennae, palpi, head, and body pale grey. Fore wings pinkish 

 grey, with grey irrorations which form dark shades on the basal half of 

 the costa and of the hinder margin ; a grey band from the centre of the 

 hinder margin to the costa, near the apex, outwardly dentated ; 

 marginal line brown ; fringe interlined — white, brown, and white. 

 Hind wings shining white. 



Expanse of wings jj,- inch. 



Heliothid.e. 



10. Heliothis armigera. 



Noctua armige7-a, Hiibner, Noct. pi. 79. f. 3/0. 

 Bombay, August and September. 



11. Heliothis RUBESCENs. 

 Thalpophila rubescens. Walker, xv. 1G81. 

 Bombay, October. 



12. Heliothis peltigera. 



Noctua peltigera, Denis, Wien. Verz. 89. 2. 

 Poona, April to June. 



13. Heliothis juncea, n. sp. (Plate XXVII. fig. 4.) 

 Bombay. 



Thorax and fore wings of a dull red colour ; front of thorax and 



