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[January, 



Teichidea Mouhoti. 



Elongata,flava nitida, pectoi^e abdomhuque rufo-fulvis ; capite, antenms 

 piceo-flavis ea-ceptis, eli/trisque tiigris ; tlwrace sat profunde bifoveolato ; 

 elytris puhe suberectd vestitis, elevafo-vittatis,i7iterspatiis bifariam punctatis, 

 interstitiis irregulariter elevato reticulati. Long., 2^ im. 



Sab. : Siam, Laos (MouJiot). 



Head black ; antennje piceo-flavous, equal to the body in length. Thorax 

 similar in form to the preceding species, disc impressed with two large deep fovese. 

 Elytra clothed and punctured as in T. Boioringii, but the punctures on tlie inter- 

 spaces are stronger, and their interstices are irregularly elevate-reticulate. 



NOTES. 



Pseudocophora flava, AUard, = P. flarescens, Baly. 



Cueorane violaceipeennis, AUard, = C. elegans, Baly, var. 

 „ crassico7'nis, Fairmaire, = C. fulvicollis, $ , Baly. 



Chthoneis suturalis, Allard, = C. suturalis, Duvivier. 

 „ univittata, Allard, = C. bivlttata, Baly. 



Mthonea variabilis, Jacoby, Trans. Ent. Soc, 1888, p. 199,-^ JJ. Murragi, Baly. 



The Butts, Warwick : 



October, 1889. 



NOTES ON THE LEPIDOPTERA OF MOOLTAN. 

 BY N. MANDERS, F.E.S , Sdroeon, Medical Staff. 



Mooltan is noted above all other Indian stations for its " heat, 

 dust, beggars and tombs ;" it might also be added, for the poorness 

 of its insect fauna. Neither is this to be wondered at, when its posi- 

 tion and climate are taken into consideration. It is situated in the 

 north-west corner of the Bicamer or Great Eajputana Desert, and, 

 except in the immediate vicinity of the Cantonment, where trees and 

 shrubs have been artificially planted, and here and there where culti- 

 vation of tobacco, &c., is carried on by means of canals from the 

 Chenab some four miles distant, the whole surrounding country is a 

 flat treeless desert, covered sparingly with camel-thorn and other 

 desert shrubs, and along the banks of the canals by long coarse grass. 



The climate is noted for its extreme heat and dryness. The rain- 

 fall averages 65 inches in the year ; I believe there is no record above 

 12 inches. The soil is a tenacious alluvium, and it is curious how after 

 a moderate shower of rain the water lies in extensive pools for hours. 

 There is nothing, therefore, to mitigate the terrible heat of the Indian 

 hot weather, except the dust storms, which are occasionally frequent 

 in the latter summer months. During these storms, which advance 

 and retire with extraordinary rapidity, the air becomes darkened with 



