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LEPIDOPTERA. 



Lithosia : with the wings incumbent, snow-white ; the anterior with the front 

 edge sanguineous, which is carried across the front of the thorax ; posterior pair 

 spotted with black ; abdomen fulvous with black rings. Expanse of the wings, 

 2^ inches. 

 Syn. Bombyx sanguinolenta, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 473. 



Donovan observes that this is a rare species, and that his specimen was received 

 from Bombay. 



PSLLUBA FIGURA. 



Plate LIV. fig. 1. 



Family. Arctiid-£, Stephens. Phalsena, (Bombyx p.) Linnoeus. 

 Genus. Psilura, Stephens. Liparis p. Ochs. Laria p. Schranh. 



Species. Psilura Figura : alis anticis albidis, fusco nigroque maculatis, medio figura 7 nigra 

 notatis ; posticis cinereis ; abdomine cameo. Expans. alar. unc. 3 \. 

 Psilura : with the anterior wings whitish, spotted with brown and black, and 

 marked in the middle with a black character like the figure 7 ; posterior wings 

 cinereous; abdomen pink. Expanse of the wings, 3^ inches. 



Donovan states that he received this nondescript species from Madras. As it 

 agrees with our common moth, the black arches (Ps. Monacha) in its general cha- 

 racter, and in the peculiar pink colouring of the abdomen, I have placed it in the 

 genus of which that species is the type. In the markings of the wings, however, it 

 seems to make a nearer approach to the tussock moths. 



OPHIUSA? STRIGATA. 



Plate LIV. fig. 2. 



Family. Nocture, Stephens. Phalsena, (Noctua) Linnceus. 



Genus. Ophiusa? Ochs. Tr. Steph. Ophideres? Boisduval Faune de Wcecmie, p. 245. 

 Species. Ophiusa Strigata : " alis anticis fuscis, litura longitudinal! viridi ; posticis luteis, 

 lunula limboque nigris." (Donovan). Expans. alar. unc. 3. 



