No. 1.] Miscellaneous Notes. 17 



made of the agglutinated leaves of the plant. On the 20th instant, 

 eight days after, three moths made their appearance, which on exam- 

 ination proved to be identical with Hymenia recurvalts, Fabr. 

 The following is Moore's description of the moth : — 

 ^* Phalssna recurvalis, Fabricius, Syst. Ent., p. 407 (1775) ; Ent. 



Syst. iii, 2, p. 237 (1794)- 

 Zinckenia recurvalis^ Zeller, Lep. Micro. Caffr. Kongl. Vet. 

 Akad. Handl,,p. 55 (1853) ; Lederer. Pyral. Wien.Ent. M.on.vii, 

 p. 437 (1863) ; Snellen, Tijd. voor Ent. 1872, p. 95 ; Meyrick, 

 Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1884, p. 308. 

 Spoladea recurvalis^ Gu6nee, Delt. et Pyral,, p. 225, pi. 8, fig. 5 



(1854). 

 Hymenia recurvalis^ Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xvii, p. 396 



(1859). 

 Phalena fasciajis, Cramer, Pap. Exot, iv., pi. 398, fig. o (1782). 



stoll. id. Vj pi. 36, fig. 13 {1791). 

 Phalsena angustalis, Fabricius, Mant, Ins., p. 309 (1787). 

 Hymenia diffascialis, Hijbner, Verz. bek. Schmett., p. 361 (1825-7). 

 Hydrocampa albifascialis, Boisduval, Faun. Ent. Madag. Lep., 



p. 119, pi. 16, fig. I (1834). 

 .'' Phalsena nigrella, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 13, iii App ., p. 225. 



"Dark vinaceous-brown; in some lights olivescent greyish-brown ; 

 fore wing with a short blackish-bordered white band from the costa 

 before the apex, below and exterior to which are three small 

 inwardly-curved superposed spots, which approach a dentate trans- 

 verse white band extending from upper end of the cell to the poste- 

 rior margin, this band being continued across the hind wing to near 

 anal angle. Cilia with an interrupted brown inner line, alternated 

 with white on fore wing, entirely white on hind wing. Bands on ab- 

 domen white ; collar, front of head, base of palpi, and legs yellowish ; 

 tip of palpi and bands on fore legs blackish, 



" Expanse yV ^° To inch." 



The Indian Museum possesses specimens from Karachi, Calcutta, 

 Andaman Islands, Kulu, Nicobar Islands, Mergui. 



EUMETA CRAMERI, Westw. 



Plate III, Fig. 2, a moth $, b larval case of the male •with pupal case protruding 



from it. 



In August 1894 specimens of a Psychid.moth, which proved to 

 be identical with Eumeta crameri, Westw., were successfully reare- 



