1885.] OF BOMBAY AND THE DECCAN. 465 



146. ACH^A MELICERTE. 



Phalcena-Noctua melicerte, Drury, Ins. i. 46, pi. 23. fig. 1. 



Belgaum ; Poona, July, August, and November ; Bombay, July 

 to December. 



Ill great plenty in Bombay in July and August. Larvae feed on 

 Ricinis communis, length 2\ inches to 2| inches ; colour varies much, 

 some are deep purplish black, some reddish, some orange-tinted ; 

 larval stage 21 to 24 days, pupal stage 18 to 21 days. I successfully 

 reared some in Bombay on wild cucumber leaves, not having any 

 castor-oil plants in my garden. 



147. Ercheia cyllota. 



Achma cyllota, Guenee, Noct. iii. 241, 1669. 

 Bombay, October. 



148. Ercheia cyi.laria. 



Achcea cyllaria, Guenee, Noct. iii. 249, 1 670 

 Bombay, October. 



149. Ercheia zura, n. sp. 



S . General colour pale pinkish grey ; collar brown on each side ; 

 tegulse whitish. Fore wings with the costal, apical, and outer parts 

 suffused with brown, with some darker marks and with two black 

 streaks near the apex ; a deep black stripe extending from the base 

 to the outer margin, at the termination of the second median branch ; 

 the whole space below this stripe of a brownish colour ; marginal 

 line pale pinkish grey ; fringe of the same colour, intercepted with 

 brown and with black streaks opposite the veins ; a black dot in the 

 cell. Hind wings blackish, paler towards the base, a white medial 

 band, and a large white submarginal spot at one third from the anal 

 angle ; fringe white, intermingled with brown near the centre of the 

 margin. Abdomen grey. 



Underside white, with a medial and discal black band across both 

 wings. 



Expanse of wings 2 inches. 



150. Ercheia zygia, n. sp. 



Poona. 



2 . General colour pinkish grey, sides of the collar brown, tegula 

 with a thin brown hue down its centre ; abdomen grey. Fore wings 

 with the upper part of the wings suffused with blackish brown, 

 the suffusion extending downwards to the centre of the interno- 

 median area, outwards to a little beyond the cell, and expands 

 upwards to the apex ; a large black spot in the interno-median 

 interspace ; two black streaks in the brown part near the apex, and 

 two brown marks near the hinder angle. 



Hind wings black, paler towards the abdominal margin, with a 

 slightly interrupted white medial hand, a white submarginal spot ; 

 abdominal margin white, and two white places on the margin, one 



