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line white, broad, outwardly bidentate ; postmedial line represented 

 by a chain-like series of white spots, indented above dorsum ; dis- 

 coidal spot black ; terminal line black, double, interrupted at veins, 

 enclosing a whitish line ; fringes pale grey, traversed by two darker 

 lines. Hind wings fuscous, tending to ochreous-brown beyond the 

 postmedial series of white spots ; terminal line and the fringes as on 

 fore wings, but the latter are rather paler. Underside fuscous, 

 inclining to ochreous-brown on terminal area ; postmedial line of 

 upper side indicated on all wings. 

 Expanse, 36 mm. 



Collection number, 1350. 



A male specimen from Arizan (7300 ft.), August 21st, 1908. 



Stericta dubia, sp. n. 



9 . Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish-brown, partly reddish 

 tinged ; posterior edges of abdominal segments marked with blackish. 

 Fore wings whitish-brown, powdered with blackish most strongly on 

 basal two-thirds ; antemedial and postmedial lines paler, the former 

 nearly erect, and the latter excurved beyond cell ; discoidal dot black ; 

 costa marked with black between ante- and postmedial lines ; ter- 

 minal dots black ; fringes whitish-brown, varied with dark brown and 

 blackish, a pale line at their base. Hind wings dark fuscous ; 

 fringes greyish, preceded by a pale line. Underside fuscous, paler on 

 dorsal area of each wing. 



Expanse, 18 mm. 



Collection number, 1326a. 



A female specimen from Kansbirei (1000 ft.), Auciust 27th, 

 1907. 



Stericta tripartita, sp. n. 



(J . Head and thorax black-brown, the latter mixed with ochreous 

 brown; abdomen ochreous brown, clouded with russet-brown, banded 

 with black-brown on the second segment. Fore wings black-brown 

 on basal and terminal thirds, ochreous brown on medial third, the 

 latter clouded with russet-brown ; antemedial line pale ochreous, 

 almost straight ; postmedial pale ochreous, gently curved from costa 

 to middle, thence almost straight to dorsum, and dividing off a 

 triangular section of the black-brown terminal area ; discoidal spot 

 black ; terminal line ochreous, inwardly edged with black ; fringes 

 greyish-brown, rather glossy. Hind wings dark fuscous ; discoidal 

 mark slightly darker, but indistinct ; terminal line and fringes as on 

 fore wings. 



Expanse, 16 mm. 



Collection number, 1326. 



One example of each sex from Kanshirei (1000 ft.), the male 

 captured March 3rd and the female July 12th, 1908. 

 Allied to S. basalis, Leech. 



Orthaga confusa, sp, n. 

 (^ . Head and thorax white, speckled with blackish ; abdomen 



