52 NocTxriniE. 



double, waved, from oosfa to vein 1 ; aiitemcdial line double, 

 Avaved : claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform 

 defined bj* black, the former round or quadrate, open above and 

 below ; a waved medial line ; ])ostmedial line double, dentate, and 

 produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and 

 oblique below vein 4 ; subterrainal line excurved below costa 

 and at middle, angled inwards in discal and suljmedian folds ; 

 a terminal scries of small triangular black spots; cilia whitish, 

 "with a dark line through them. Hind wing dark fuscous, with 

 very indistinct greyish subtcrininal line; cilia white, with dark 

 line through them ; the underside grey irrorated with brown, 

 a dark discoidal spot and sinuous post medial line. 



Ilah. Tibet, Kuku-noor, \ iS , Amdo ; Kashmir, Earra Larcha 

 (MacArthnr), 1 ^, 2 $ , Kokser {lyac Arthur), 2 J , 2 $ . Eay. 

 '66-38 millim. 



*1196. Lasiestra perplexa. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 23.) 



Scotogramma perplexa, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 409 (1887) ; id. 

 Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 129. 



2 . Head and thorax black, the hairs tipped with bluish grey ; 

 tarsi ringed with -white ; abdomen brownish grey mixed with dark 

 brown. Fore wing purplish grey thickly irrorated with fuscous 

 black ; subbasal line black, angled inwards on median nervure, 

 from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line waved, angled 

 inwards on the veins ; clavifoim moderate, defined by black ; 

 orbicular and reniform defined by black and with blackish centres, 

 the former round ; a distinct, slightly curved medial shade ; post- 

 medial line minutely dentate and produced to short streaks on the 

 veins, slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then 

 incurved, some white points on costa beyond it; subterminal line 

 ill-defined, whitish, defined on inner side by a scries of dentate 

 black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and somewhat dentate 

 at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black spots; cilia 

 chequered fuscous and grey. Hind wing fuscous brown ; cilia 

 white at tips ; the underside brownish white irrorated with dark 

 brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. 



Hah. Canada, Eritish Columbia, in Coll. J. B. Smith; U.S.A., 

 Colorado. Eap. 3G millim. 



*1107. Lasiestra persa. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 24.) 



JUamestra persa, Alpb. Kom. Mdm. ix. p. 212 (1897) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. p°I. 

 p. 166. 



cJ . Head and thorax clothed with grey and reddish-brown hair ; 

 tarsi blackish, with pale rings ; abdomen grey-brown, Avith the 

 dorsal crests dark at tips. Pore wing grey tinged with olive- 

 brown and irrorated with fuscous, the medial area slightly darker ; 

 subbasal line represented by double stria) from cost a and cell ; 



