548 Mr. J. H. Leech on 



Nyctvpao alhicinda, Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, ii, 

 p. 461 (1894). 



Two specimeDs, taken in the province of Kvvei-chow in 

 June or July, agree well with examples in my Indian 

 series. 



Distrihution. North-West Himalayas ; Sikhim ; 

 KhAsis ; Shillong ; Nilgiris ? {Hampson) ; Western 

 China. 



1256. Nyctip)cto 'pilosa, sp. n. 

 Fuliginous brown suffused with purple on outer two-thirds. 



Male. Primaries Lave a large chocolate-brown ocellus outlined in 

 black and with some blue scales on the inner edge of the black 

 comma-shaped pupil ; ante- and postmedial bands dusky, the former 

 only traceable towards the costa ; inner half of the wing as far as the 

 postmedial band covered with brownish pile ; beyond the ocellus 

 there is a fine, sinuous, white line, not reaching the inner margin. 

 Secondaries covered with brownish pile except on the margins. 

 Under surface as above in colour, the whitish line as on upper 

 surface but broader and clearer ; a submarginal series of whitish, 

 internervular, spots. 



Female. On the primaries tliere are longish brown hairs extending 

 to tlie antemedial line and there is a medial dusky baud from the 

 ocellus to inner margin ; on the secondaries the brown hairs are 

 confined to the basal and abdominal areas, there are two dusky 

 transverse bands and a continuation of the white sinuous line. 



Expanse $ 94 millim. ? 92-106 millim. 



One example of each sex from Chang-yang, three females 

 from Chia-kou-ho, four from Ta-chien-lu, and one from 

 Wa-slian. July. 



Habitat. CENTRAL and Western China. 



Allied to N. glaucopis, Walk. 



Genus Hylodes. 



Hulodes, Guenee, Noct., iii, p. 207 (1852). 

 Hylodes, Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, ii, p. 462 

 (1894). 



1257. Hylodes caranea. 



Phalmna caranea, Cram., Pap. Exot., iii, pi. cclxix, figs. E.F. 

 (1780). 



