6b N0CTU1D.E. 



surrounded by white spots defined by rufous ; postmcdial line 

 slight, rufous, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, 

 incurved below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on costa ; 

 suhterminal line indistinct, rufous, incurved to vein 6 and with some 

 yellowish beyond it, then minutely waved ; a fine red-brown 

 terminal line. Hind wing yellowish irrorated with brown and 

 suffused with rufous on terminal area ; cilia white at tips ; the 

 underside yellowish, the costal and terminal areas suffused with 

 rufous, a slight brown discoidal spot and curved postmedial line 

 slightly waved towards costa. 



Hah. U.S.A., Colorado (CocJcerell), 2 $ , Denver, tf in Coll. Bird. 

 Exp. 3(> millim. 



*4331. Hydroecia osseola. 



H/drcecia osseola, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1882, p. 43; Alph. Kom. Mem. 



'ix. p. 31. pi. 3. f. 4 ; Stand. Oat, Lep. pal. p. 187. 

 Hydroecia bur&hana, Alph. Hor. Ent. Soc. Eoss. xxvi. p. 450 (1892). 



<3 . Head and thorax yellow slightly tiuged with rufous ; abdo- 

 men white tinged with yellow. Fore wing yellow slightly suffused 

 and irrorated with rufous ; subbasal line faint, rufous, angled out- 

 wards below costa and ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line 

 faint, double, rufous, erect ; claviform a slight rufous mark ; orbi- 

 cular and reniform slightly defined by rufous, the former rather 

 elongate elliptical, the latter oblique and with its outer edge diffused ; 

 medial line rufous, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then 

 inwardly oblique ; postmedial line fine, rufous, excurved below 

 costa, then oblique, slightly defined on outer side by rufous ; sub- 

 terminal line whitish defined ' on each side by rufous suffusion, 

 slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a fine rufous 

 terminal line. Hind wiug yellowish white ; the underside with 

 the costal area tinged with reddish yellow. 



Hab. W. Turkestan, Uralsk, in Coll. Piingeler, Tarbagatai Mts. ; 

 Tibet, Amdo. Exp. 42 millim. 



*4332. Hydroecia hucherardi. (Plate CXL. fig. 5.) 

 Hydroecia hucherardi, Mab. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1907, p. 37. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white slightly tinged 

 with brown, the sides of palpi and frons browner. Fore wing 

 ochreous white slightly tinged and irrorated with brown ; very 

 faint traces of a double curved antemedial line; claviform a faint 

 brownish streak ; orbicular absent ; reniform a fuscous oblique bar 

 somewhat constricted at middle ; postmedial line fine, dark, defined 

 on outer side by whitish, slightly excurved below costa, then 

 oblique ; suhterminal line represented by a fuscous shade on its 

 inner side, very slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; 

 a fine dark terminal line ; cilia dark brown at tips. Hind wing 



