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brown almost to the costa where the brown shading crosses the 

 submarginal and extends as a streak to the apex ; discal luniile 

 blackish with a brown shade below it to the inner margin. Second- 

 aries fuscous-grey with indications towards the abdominal margin of 

 a dusky medial line ; submarginal line whitish, inwardly bordered 

 with dark fuscous, sinuous towards the costa and angled before its 

 termination at the anal angle. Under surface fuscous on primaries, 

 whitish-grey powdered with fuscous on secondaries ; all the wings 

 have an obscure discal mark and two transverse lines beyond. 

 Expanse 30 millim. 



One male specimen taken in June at Moupin. 



Habitat. Western China. 



Resembles the paler forms o^ N.fcntoni, Butl., but differs 

 from that species in the antennae and in the shape of the 

 ante- and postraedial lines, 



1502. Nodaria iMupcrcula, sp. n. 



Primaries pale fuscous-grey traversed liy four wavy blackish lines 

 and a dusky central shade ; the sub-basal is not distinct, the ante- 

 medial is bluntly dentate below the costa and sharply dentate above 

 the inner margin, the postmedial is excurved beyond the cell, and 

 the submarginal is outwardly edged with whitish ; there is a blackish 

 discal lunule on the central shade which latter is reduced to linear 

 proportions on the costa above the lunule. Secondaries paler than 

 the primaries and suffused with fuscous ; medial and submarginal 

 lines obscure, the latter outwardly edged with whitish, sharply angled 

 above the anal angle. Under surface of primaries fuscous, that of 

 secondaries greyish powdered with fuscous ; all the wings have a 

 blackish discal dot and two transverse lines beyond. 



Expanse 27-30 millim. 



Three females from Wa-ssu-kow, one from Chia-ting-fu, 

 and one from Chow-pi n-sa. Occurs in June. 

 Habitat. Western China. 



1503. Nodaria nigrisigna, sp. n. 



Primaries pale brownish-grey with three blackish transverse lines, 

 the sub-basal is short, the antemedial is wavy and expands on the 

 costa, the postraedial is elljowed about the middle and originates 

 in a blackish patch on the costa ; submarginal line pale sinuous 

 shaded inwardly with blackish about the middle and intersecting a 

 blackish apical cloud ; reniform stigma blackish with pale centre ; 

 fringes grey marked with paler, preceded by a pale line and a series 



