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castaneous, a central longitudinal fascia, a sinuate fascia on each 

 side, and the posterior margin pale ochraceous ; abdomen above 

 oeln\iceous, the basal area more or less greyishly touientose, th(^ 

 apical area dark fuscous ; body beneath imperfectly seen in 

 unique carded specimen ; legs pale ochraceous, apices of the tarsi 

 black ; tegmina very pale brownish-ocliraceous, the veins mostly 

 broadly greyish wliite, with many fuscous shadings and spots 

 (as shown in tbe figure), the most prominent being a waved black 

 fascia in the claval area ; vertex of head prominently angulate on 

 each side ; face pale ochraceous, the lateral margins strongly 

 carinate, the cheeks pale castaneous. 



Length excl. tegm. 4; exp. tegm. 12 millim. 



Hah. South India; Kodaikanal (7'. V. Camphell). 



Allied to K. maculata, Melich., from Java. 



Genus NISIA. (Vol. HI, p. 309.) 



The position of this genus is somewhat uncertain. I follow 

 Melichar in placing it in the Derbinae, though of course its 

 aberrant structure among the Derbids cannot be overlooked. 

 Muir (Bull. E. S. H. P. xii, p. 29, 1913) writes of Msia and two 

 other genera: "I exclude them from the family Derbidoe but, 

 inconsistently, have included them in this Bulletin because several 

 of our greatest authorities on Homoi)tera have considered them as 

 Derbids."' Muir seems inclined to the view that Kisia belongs to 

 the Cixiinw. Matsumura (Ann. Mus. Nat. Hung, xii, p. 287, 

 1914) places the genus in the Achilin*. 



Under these circumslances I leave JSlsia among the Derbids, a 

 position which perhaps does not seem congenial, and from which 

 it will probably be ultimately transferred. 



JSTlSIA ATROVENOSA. (Vol. Ill, p. 309, fig. 150.) 



Add: Ilab. Bengal; Chapra(ilirtf7i-enri(?), Sonadigee and Sorab- 

 katti, Ganges Delta (at light, Jenlins), Kushtea (JenHns). 

 Madhupur (Paiva, lud. Mtts.). Lake Chilka, N.E. Madras (Annan- 

 dale, Ind. Mvs.). S. India; Kodaikanal {T. V. Camphell). 



This species has now also been received from the Seyehelle 

 Islands. 



3228. Nisia campbelli, sp. n. 



Greyish white ; vertex and pronotum somewhat stramineous ; 

 mesonotum shining black, the lateral margins and central cari- 

 nation stramineous ; body beneath ]iale ochraceous, abdomen and 

 sterinnn more or less fuscous brown ; tegmina greyish white, costal, 

 apical, and inner margins — to about apex of clavus — narrowly 

 dark fuscous ; mesonotum globose, strongly centrally carinate ; 

 apical areas to tegmina five in number ; face longer than broad. 



