162 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
whitish with faint fuscous tinge. Under side whitish suffused with 
fuscous especially on fore wings. 
Expanse, 32 millim. 
Collection number, 1797. 
One female specimen (minus head and abdomen) from 
Rantaizan (7500 ft.), May, 1909. 
Parasiccia nebulosa, sp. n. 
Fore wings whitish with faint ochreous tinge, finely sprinkled 
with black; a black patch on costal half of basal area, its outer edge 
‘irregular; antemedial line black, wavy, commencing in a black spot 
on the costa, interrupted above dorsum; postmedial line blackish, 
wavy, traversing black spots; subterminal line black, interrupted 
widely so below costa; a terminal series of linear black spots, and 
two black spots in the cell, the outer one largest. Hind wings 
whitish, fuscous tinged, a blackish lunule at end of cell. Under side 
of fore wings fuscous, of hind wings same as on upper side. 
Expanse, 30 millim. 
Collection number, 1265. 
One male specimen from Arizan (7300 ft.), August, 1908. 
Seems to come nearest to P. maculifascia, Moore. 
AGROTINE. 
Noctua tatwana, sp. n. 
Head and thorax purplish brown, patagia rather darker; abdo- 
men fuscous, terminal segment fringed with ochreous hairs. Fore 
wings dark purplish brown; antemedial and postmedial lines black, 
double, the former deeply indented above dorsum; subterminal line 
ochreous, undulated, inwardly edged with black; terminal area beyond 
the line with clusters of bluish scales on the veins and at costal ex- 
tremity of subterminal line; orbicular stigma of the ground colour, 
ringed with black; reniform oulined in black and partly filled up with 
ochreous. Hind wings fuscous. Under side dark fuscous, all the 
wings have a darker discoidal mark and postmedial line. 
Eixpanse, 40 millim. 
Collection number, 1502). “ 
Two male specimens from Arizan (7800 ft.), August, 1908. 
The cotype, not in such perfect condition as the specimen 
described, is browner in colour, and the markings on the terminal 
area are absent. 
HADENINE. 
Hadena variegata, sp. n. 
Head and thorax brown, collar and patagia paler edged; antenns 
ciliated. Fore wings brown clouded and mottled with darker and 
lighter brown ; subbasal line black extending only to median nervure 
under which it runs to the incurved, black, antemedial line; post- 
medial line black, incurved, angled about middle; stigmata of the 
paler ground colour, outer edges still paler and pinkish tinged, 
reniform outlined in black, its upper part extending almost to costa, 
