52 KOCTUIBiE. 



double, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; aiitcmedial line double, 

 waved : claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform 

 defined by black, the former round or quadrate, open above and 

 below ; a waved medial line ; postmedial line double, dentate, and 

 produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below cost a and 

 oblique below vein 4 ; subterminal line excurved below costa 

 and at middle, angled inwards in discal and submedian folds ; 

 a terminal series of small triangular black spots; cilia whitish, 

 with a dark line through them. Hind wing dark fuscous, with 

 very indistinct greyish subterminal line ; cilia white, with dark 

 line through them ; the uuderside grey irrorated with brown, 

 a dark discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. 



Hah. Tibet, Kuku-uoor, 1 S ■> Amdo ; Kashmir, Earra Larcha 

 (MacArthur), 1 c? , 2 $ , Kokser {MacArilmr), 2 J , 2 $ . Exp. 

 36-38 millim. 



*1196. Lasiestra perplexa. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 23.) 



Scotogrmnma perplexa, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 469 (1887) ; id. 

 Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 129. 



2 . Head and thorax black, the hairs tipped with bluish grey ; 

 tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen brownish grey mixed with dark 

 brown. Fore wing purplish grey thickly irrorated with fuscous 

 black ; subbasal line black, angled inwards on median nervure, 

 from costa to submedian fold ; autemedial line waved, angled 

 inwards on the veins ; claviform moderate, defined by black ; 

 orbicular and reniform defined by black and with blackish centres, 

 the former round ; a distinct, slightly curved medial shade ; post- 

 medial line minutely dentate and produced to short streaks on the 

 veins, slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then 

 incurved, some white points on costa beyond it; subterminal line 

 ill-defined, whitish, defined on inner side by a series of dentate 

 black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and somewhat dentate 

 at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black spots; cilia 

 chequered fuscous and grey. Hind wing fuscous brown ; cilia 

 white at tips : the underside brownish white irrorated with dark 

 brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. 



Hah. Canada, British Columbia, in Coll. J. E. Smith ; U.S.A., 

 Colorado. Exp. 30 millim. 



*1197. Lasiestra persa. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 24.) 



Maineiifra i^crsa, Alpb. Rom. Meui. ix. p. 212 (1897) ; Staucl. Cat. Lep. p"!. 

 p. 156. 



(5 . Head and thorax clothed with grey and reddish-brown hair ; 

 tarsi blackish, with pale rings ; abdomen grey-brown, with the 

 dorsal crests dark at tips. Fore wing grey tinged with olive- 

 broAvn and irrorated with fuscous, the medial area slightly darker ; 

 subbasal line represented by double striae from costa and cell ; 



