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medial line is traversed by the black, undulated subterminal line ; 

 terminal dots black, fringes grey-brown. Hind wings greyish brown 

 with traces of a dusky medial line and bands beyond. Under side 

 fuscous ; all wings have a dusky line beyond the middle. 



Expanse, 48 millim. 



Collection numl)er, 939. 



A female specimen from Kanshirei (1000 ft.), April 30tb, 

 1908. 



Near H. noctuoides, Guen. 



Oglasa costimacida, sp. n. 



$ . Head and thorax whitish brown, the latter freckled with 

 darker brown; abdomen pale brown, edges of segments whitish. 

 Fore wings whitish brown, sprinkled with darker brown ; three black- 

 brown spots on the costa, the first at base, the third about middle 

 and somewhat triangular ; five black dots on costa between third 

 spot and the apex; antemedial and postmedial lines faintly indicated 

 by blackish points; a black oblique streak from just above middle of 

 postmedial line towards third costal spot ; a large black-brown 

 triangular patch, traversed by a pale brown curved line, on terminal 

 area below apex ; terminal dots black, white centred in triangular 

 patch; fringes whitish brown freckled with darker, blackish brown at 

 triangular patch. Hind wings whitish brown, suffused with fuscous 

 chiefly on terminal area ; traces of a dusky discoidal lunule and 

 curved line beyond ; fringes whitish brown. Under side of fore 

 wings whitish brown, suffused on the disc with fuscous, and freckled 

 with brown on the costal area ; discoidal lunule and postmedial line 

 blackish ; fringes marked with blackish towards apex: of hind wings 

 whitish brown, freckled with bi-own on costal area; discoidal dot and 

 irregular dentate line beyond blackish ; terminal line black, in- 

 terrupted. 



Expanse, 26 millim. 



Collection number, 1)81. 



A male specimen from Kanshirei, June 17th, li»()(). A 

 specimen also from Kanshirei (Wileman) is in the Jirilish 

 Museum. 



Near 0. retracta, Hampson. 



Avitta taiwana, sp. n. 



(^ . Head and thorax dark brown ; abdomen pale brown, darker 

 above. Fore wings dark brown tinged with violet-grey in certain 

 lights; a black dot in the cell and one at the outer end of the cell; 

 medial line black irregular, indistinct ; postmedial line black, inwardly 

 oblique except towards costa where it turns in ; subterminal line black, 

 undulated, preceded by a bluntly serrated line ; fringes brow^n, 

 ochreous at the base. Hind wings black-brown, fringes ochreous at 

 base. Under side pale brown suffused with fuscous, chiefly on fore 

 wings, all the wings have a dusky postmedial line and the hind wings 

 a black discoidal lunule. 



Expanse, 42 millim. 



