116 CAEADRINID.E. 



Cakadkina delecta. 

 Caradrina delecta, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 319, pi. xxxviii. fig. 15. 



Fore wing pale greyish-ochreous, with an indistinct black-speckled subbasal and three 

 medial transverse sinuous lines, and an outer discal row of points ; a submarginal trans- 

 verse straight pale line ; orbicular and reniform spots black-speckled : hind wing ochreous- 

 white. Body ochreous-grey ; palpi and legs above brown-speckled. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Ihth. Darjiling. In coll. Ur. Staudinger. 



Allied to C. kadeni. 



Geuus ACOSMETIA, Stephens. 



ACOSMETIA NEBULOSA. 



Acosmetia nebulosa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 350, pi. xxxviii. fig. 13. 



Upperside pale ochrcous-brown : fore wing darkest, with several transverse indistinctly 

 darker waved narrow fascice ; some pale spots on costal edge near the apex. Underside 

 paler. 



Expanse 1 inch. 



Uah. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger, 



Genus AGROTIS, Ochs. 



Agrotis fratekna, u. sp. 



Near to A. corih-ca. Male differs in the fore wing having a darker costa, darker strigte, 

 a nioie prominent subbasal and antemedial transverse waved black line, and a shorter pointed 

 mark below the cell, a Icss-detined transverse discal sinuous line, and no submarginal fascia, 

 but a more distinctly formed marginal brown border; and the hind wing is generally paler. 

 Female differs in having the medial area between the transverse lines and the outer margin 

 either brown or dark slaty-grey, the basal and submarginal areas being much paler. 



Expanse If to If inch. 



]lab. Darjiling ; Punjab Hills. In coll. Dr. Staudinger and F. Moore. 



Agkotis costiuera. 



AynJis custijera, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 350. 



Male and female. Fore wing dark purple-brown, the basal and discal areas suffused 

 with grey ; costal border pale purplish-ochreous ; a transverse basal, antemedial, and a 

 postmedial sinuous black pale-centred line ; orbicular and reniform spots black-lined, dark- 

 centred, and \\\{\\ a pale ochreous inner border, the reniform sliglitly angled at the upper 

 end of its inner bolder ; an oval black mark below the cell ; a pale ochreous submarginal 



