102 LEUCANIID.^. 



vein, and discoccllnlar lunnlar spot. Thorax grej', with bLack speckles ; front of head, palpi 

 and legs abo\c pale brown with darker speckles. 



Expanse l-j-o- incli. 



Hah. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Leucania albicosta. 

 Lencnnia albicosta, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 338, pL xxxvii. fig. 10. 



Female. Similar to same sex of L. d/ianna, but paler-coloured. Fore wing with the 

 costal border, apical fascia, and posterior margin ochreous-whitc, the Acins and lines between 

 them not so prominent, the median vein being of the same uniform colour as the others ; 

 an indistinct blackish spot on the costa, and another spot below the cell. Underside — fore 

 wing with discal area broadly brownish : hind wing brown-speckled, and with a prominent 

 blackish discocellular spot and marginal row of dots. Thorax very pale, and not speckled ; 

 palpi and legs above pale ochreous-brown, and not speckled. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Ilab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Leucania sinuosa, n. sp. 



Male and female. Fore wing pale ochreous, with a longitudinal dark-brown irregular 

 suffused fascia from the base below the cell to apex below the angle ; an antemedial and a 

 postmedial transverse series of black-pointed streaks, which form an indistinct almost 

 continuous sinuous line ; median vein to the discal point of the two middle branches 

 distinctly lined with white and black ; a small orbicular spot and prominent reniform spot 

 dark brown ; three dots on the costal edge and a marginal series of dots black ; cilia waved, 

 with black and brown speckles: hind wing uniformly ochreous-brown ; cilia pale ochreous, 

 lined with brown. C'ollar, palpi, and tegular with a lateral brown streak and speckles ; legs 

 brown-streaked. 



Expanse l-pr inch. 



JIab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger and F. Moore. 



Leucania eufesoens, n. sp. 



Nearest to L. derissima. Differs in the fore wing being of a more reddish-ocbreous, 

 with yellowish streaks between the veins, the discoidal linear white streak shorter, the basal 

 end of tlie median vein black, and outside end of the cell is a prominent blackish spot ; the 

 transverse discal black points and the other black spots are more distinct. Underside of 

 both wings with a transverse discal dusky band with black streaks, discocellular lunnlar spot, 

 and outer marginal row of dots — the underside of L. decissima, in both sexes, being entirely 

 covered with silver scales. The abdomen of male has no basal tuft. 



Expanse 1-j^ inch. 



Hab. Darjiling. In coU. Dr. Staudinger and F. Moore. 



