523 X0CTUID.E. 



Fore wing reddish ochroous thickly irrorated with rufous ; ante- 

 medial line hardly traceable, pale, bent inwards to costa ; orbicular 

 and reniform faintly defined by whitish, the former small, round, 

 the latter strongly constricted at middle and "with dark mark in its 

 lower part ; a faint rufous medial shade, oblique to lower angle of 

 cell, then incurved ; post-medial line very indistinct, rufous with 

 slight dark points on the veins and defined by whitish on inner 

 side, some whitish points beyond it on costa; traces of apunctiform 

 whitish subterminal line ; terminal area slightly darker : cilia 

 browner, white at tips. Hind wing whitish tinged with pale 

 rufous. 



Hob. W. Turkestan, Turcomania ; E. Turkestan, Kashgar, 1 J . 

 Exp. 26 millim. 



4254. Hadjina atrinota, n. sp. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 17.) 



Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with grey ; tarsi fuscous 

 with pale rings ; abdomen grey-brown with a slight ochreous 

 tinge in female. Fore wing dull reddish brown suffused witli 

 grey ; subbasal line represented by two blackish striae from costa, 

 in female filled in with grey; antemedial line indistinct, slightly 

 defined by grey on inner side, waved ; claviform absent ; orbicular 

 hardly traceable in male, round, in female filled in with grey ; 

 reniform small with slight grey annulus, in female larger, its 

 centre defined by fuscous and with a black streak between it and 

 reniform above median nervure ; a diffused dark medial line, 

 oblique from costa to median nervure, almost obsolete in female ; 

 postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, bent outwards below 

 costa, then with slight dark points beyond it on the veins, slightly 

 incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, less distinct in 

 female, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line 

 pale defined by fuscous suffusion on inner side, angled outwards at 

 vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a slight puncti form black terminal 

 lino; cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing grey suffused 

 with brown ; a fine dark terminal line ; cilia whitish with a slight 

 brown line near base ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, 

 a black discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line, and traces of 

 diffused subterminal line, the markings less distinct in female. 



Hub. P>r. E. Africa, Kikuvu, Nairobi (Cmwsluo/), 1 J type, 

 Eb Urru (Betton), 2 $ . Exp" S 28, ? 32 millim. 



4255. Hadjina modestissima. 



Apamea modestissima, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xx. p. 26, pi. 2. f. 14 (1877). 

 Hipcepa opacaria, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 264, pi. 8. f. 3 : Human. 

 Moths Intl. ii. p. 266. 



Head and thorax bright rufous ; pectus paler ; abdomen whitish 

 tinged with rufous, the basal crest rufous. Eore wing bright 

 rufous ; subbasal line indistinct, waved, from costa to submedian 



