9G LEUCANIID.E. 



angle close to subcostal ; lower discoccllular concave, bent at its lower end, lower radial 

 from its angle ; upper median branch from angle above end of the cell, middle branch from 

 its end, lower brancli from opposite middle of first and second subcostals. Hind wing long, 

 exterior margin oblique, recurved, apex convex ; costal vein extending to apex ; cell short, 

 broad ; two subcostal branches from end of the cell ; discocellulars concave, radial from 

 below tlie middle ; two upper median branches from end of the cell, lower at one third 

 before its end. Body stout, laxly pilose, head pilose; palpi projecting out in front of the 

 head, second joint long, extending half its length beyond the head, third joint one fourth 

 of an inch long, slender, cylindrical ; legs pilose ; antennae minutely pectinated in male. 



Sydiva nigrogrisea, n. sp. 



Fore wing black, speckled with grey ; crossed by a basal, subbasal, medial, and discal 

 more distinct grey-bordered black sinuous line, and a submarginal line with greyer dentate 

 marks ; six or seven grey-white spots on the costal border, and a row along the cilia ; 

 orbicular and reniform spots indistinct, the latter with two grey-white dots on its lower end : 

 hind wing brown, palest basally ; with an indistinct transverse discal darker line ; cilia 

 bordered with cinerous. Thorax, palpi, and legs above black speckled with grey ; tarsi with 

 pale bands ; abdomen brown. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



Hah. Uarjiling. In coll. F. Moore and Dr. Staudinger. 



Family LEUCANIID.E. 



Genus ALETIA* Hiibner. 



Aktia, IIulju. Yerz. bek. Schmctt. p. 289 (1816). 

 Hyphilare, lliibu. ibid. 



Aletia axguliferAj n. sp. 

 Aktia unguUfira, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 333. 



Male. Allied to A. conigcra (Noctua conigera, Schiif.). Fore wing ochreous-ycllow, indis- 

 tinctly clouded with red-ochreous scales ; crossed by a reddish-black antemcdial outwardly 

 bent line, and an oblique postmedial line which is bent inward at costal end ; a whitish 

 spot at lower end of the cell, a pale yellow reniform and orbicular space ; marginal and 

 cilial line black-speckled : hind wing pale dusky brown ; cilia pale yellow. Thorax, head, 

 palpi, and legs ochreous-yellow ; abdomen paler. 



Expanse l^-j inch. 



Hah. N.W. Himalaya ; Cashmere (Sind valley). In coll. F. Moore and Dr. 

 Staudini>ei'. 



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* Type A. vitdlina, Hiibn. 



