108 APAMIID^. 



transverse sinuous fascite ; costal and median veins grey-speckled ; orbicular and reniform 

 marks grey, the latter also black-sj^eckled : hind wing pale cupreous-brown. Thorax, palpi, 

 and legs above dark brown ; abdomen ochreous-brown. 



Expanse l^^ inch. 



Hah. Sikkim (Blanford, 1870). In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Apamea muckonata. 

 Apamea mucronata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, \). 315, j)l. xxxviii. fig. 8. 



Male and female. Fore wing pale ferruginous, with a broad medial transverse darker 

 ferruginous band bordered by an anteraedial and postmcdial double black sinuous line, the 

 latter with very long outer discal points ; orbicular and reniform spots black-lined and pale- 

 centred ; a ferruginous black-speclded spot and some contiguous streaks at base of the wing ; 

 some streaks on costal border, and a marginal irregular firscia bordered by the black lunular 

 points with pale tips: hind wing and abdomen pale pinkish-brown. Thorax, palpi, and legs 

 pale ferruginous ; palpi laterally and legs above slightly brown-streaked. 



Expanse Ij^^ inch. 



Hah. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Near to A. nndicUia, Walker. 



Apamea steigidisca. 

 Apamea strigidisca, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 316, pi. xxxviii. fig. 9. 



Male. Fore wing dark ferruginous ; costal border, some basal streaks, and discal area 

 paler ferruginous ; a transverse antemedial and postmedial sinuous pale-bordered black lines : 

 orbicular and reniform spots black-lined, with a pale inner border and blackish centre ; a 

 black conical mark beloAV the orbicular spot ; a submarginal transverse pale line, the middle 

 portion zigzag and longitudinally crossed by a black line between the median veins ; base of 

 cell and posterior margin black-streaked ; submedian vein black ; some black streaks on the 

 costal border, and a marginal waved line with a row of black points : hind wing pale ferru- 

 ginous-brown. Body ferruginous ; collar and tegulas, front of head, palpi laterally, and bands 

 on legs black. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Hah. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



The markings in this species are somewhat similar to those in Mamestra adusta, Esper. 



Apamea nubila. 

 Apamea nubila, ]\Ioorc, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 340, pb xxxviii. fig. 10. 



Male and Jeinale. Fore wing dark pnrple-browu, washed with chalybeate-grey; crossed 

 by a subbasal, antemedial, postmedial, and a submarginal sinuous black-bordered grey line ; 

 orbicular and reniform spots greyish, their mterspace and a streak below base of the cell, a 



