EICHIA. 597 



1038. Richia fuscisigiiata, n. sp. (Plate LXXVI. fig. 15.) 



2 • Head and thorax pale rufous mixed with ochreous ; palpi 

 darker rufous except at tips : abdomen ochreous, the ventral surface 

 tinged with rufous. JFore wing pale ochreous suffused with rufous : 

 traces of a whitish subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an 

 oblique whitish antemedial line with brownish line on its inner side; 

 orbicular and reniform defined by fine whitish lines, the former 

 oblique, elliptical, the latter with blackish marks in its upper and 

 lower extremities ; postmedial line whitish, defined by a fine brown 

 line on inner side and a stronger line on outer ; subterminal line 

 whitish, defined by brown suffusion on its inner side, angled 

 outwards above vein 6 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series 

 of small brown lunules. Hind wing and underside ochreous 

 yellow. 



Hab. Kashjiie, Goorais Valley (Leech), 1 $ type. Exji. 42 

 millim. 



1039. Richia brimneago. (Plate LXXYI. fig. 16.) 



Hiptelia hrunneaqo, Staud. Iris. viii. p. 326 (1895) ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. 

 p. 202. 



S . Head and thorax rufous, the tegute with a few white scales : 

 legs browner ; abdomen ochreous yellow, tinged with rufous below. 

 Fore wing ochreous irrorated with rufous, more thickly on terminal 

 area ; the subbasal line represented b}' double striae from costa ; an 

 oblique, waved, antemedial line ; claviform defined bj" brown, very 

 small and narrow ; the cell suffused with brown, obscuring the 

 orbicular and reniform which are defined by brown, the former 

 elliptical, the latter with fuscous spots iu its lower extremity ; 

 postmedial line dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent 

 outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the 

 subterminal line dark, minutely waved, angled outwards at vein 7 

 and excurved at middle, with a dark patch before it at costa ; a 

 fine dark terminal line. Hind wing ochreous tinged with fuscous 

 especially towards costa and termen ; the underside with the costal 

 area irrorated with rufous, a slight discoidal point and sinuous 

 postmedial line. 



Hah. Tibet, Sinin Mts., 1 (S , Kuku-noor, Amdo. Exp. 40 millim. 



1040. Richia parentalis. (Plate LXXYI. fig. 17.) 



Agrotis parentalis, Grote, IS'. Am. Eiit. i. p. 44 (1879) ; id. 111. Essav, 53, 



pi. 1. f. 13; Smith. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 108. 

 Agrotis decipiens, Grote, N. Am. Ent. i. p. 45 (1879). 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with ferruginous 

 red ; sides of palpi and frons with some black scales. Fore wing 

 pale purplish red-brown, sparsely irrorated with darker scales ; the 

 costal area suffused with blue-grey ; a subbasal black line from 

 costa to submedian fold, angled outwards below costa ; the ante- 

 medial line black, strong from costa to submedian fold, angled 



