LEPIDOPTERA. 9 



verse subbasal recurved line, a cliscal transverse lunular line (crossed near posterior angle by a 

 short streak), some shoi't costal marks, and a streak on cilia between each vein, brown : hind 

 wing glossy greyisli- white, outer borders and veins pale greyish-brown. Thorax and abdomen 

 dark grey. Antennse gi'ey. Underside greyish-white : fore wing Avith greyish-brown costal 

 streaks and hinder margin : hind wing with brown basal costal streak and discocellular spot. 

 Palpi brown at sides. Legs grey, femur tipped, tibia longitudinally streaked, and tarsi banded 

 with black. 



Expanse l-j'y inch. 



jH"a&.— KarghaUk, May 29th, 1874. 



Nearest alUed to ^. trldens, but differs in being darker; the markings are somewhat 

 similar, but the basal longitudinal streak is shorter, which gives a -wider interspace between 

 the two transverse lines. 



Family— ^PJJ//2?y2?. 

 3i. Hydr^cia tibetana. Plate I, fig 21. 



Hi/dracia tibetana, Moore, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1878, p. 232, 



Hale. Pore wing pale reddish-testaceous, crossed by two pale brown narrow lines with pale 

 inner border, the first line subbasal and outwardly oblique, the other diseal ; a submarginal 

 row of blackish dots and pale marginal line ; orbicular and reniform marks indistinctly defined 

 by a brown border : hind wing and abdomen paler. Underside palest on middle of wings, 

 diseal line on both wings and discocellular spot on hind wing slightly perceptible. Antennte, 

 palpi, and fore legs reddish-testaceous. 



Expanse If'j- inch. 



Rab. — Leh, September 1st, 1873. 



35. Mamestra canescens. Plate I, fig. 13. 

 Mamestra canescens, Moore, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1878, p. 23-3. 



Male. Fore wing brownish-grey : orbicular and reniform marks greyish-white with narrow 

 black border ; a short double black streak below the base of the cell, and a quadrate mark 

 below the orbicular spot ; an indistinct pale submarginal ii'rcgular fascia and black marginal 

 lunular line with whitish inner border : hind wing pale greyish-brown. Antennae brown. 

 Underside glossy pale greyish-brown, each wing with indistinct short transverse discocellular 

 streak. 



Expanse 1| inch. 



Hab. — Karghalik, Eastern Turkestan, May 30th, 1874, 



36. Mamestra brassice. 



Phal. Hoct. brassica, Linn., Syst. Nat. i, p. 516. 



Hab. — Srinagar, Kashmir, August 9th. 



