sicciA. 395 



then very oblique; an indistinct irreg:ularly sinuous subtcrminal 

 line with diffused spots on it on and below costa; a terminal scries 

 of points. Hind wing brown. 



Hah. Japan, 1 $ typo t iu Coll. Leech. Exp. 20 millim. 



840. Siccia nilgirica. 



JEwene vilgirica, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 51, pi. 140. f. 1 (1801) ; 

 id. Moths Ind. ii. p. \)2 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 368. 



Head and thorax grey, irrorated with black ; palpi and fore legs 

 blackish ; abdomen fuscous, the anal tuft grey. Pore wing grey, irro- 

 rated with black ; a subbasal bla(;k sjjot on costa ; an oblique ante- 

 medial series of four ])oints with a spot beyond them in cell ; a medial 

 point on costa ; a discoidal point ; a postmedial series of points, 

 bent outwards below costa, somewhat angled at veins G and 4, then 

 oblique, and with irregular marks beyond it on costal area and at 

 middle; a terminal series of points. Hind wing pale fuscous. 



Hah. jS'ilgiri i'Laxeau, 7000 feet (Hampson), 1 c? , 1 $ type; 

 J A\ A, Arjuno {Do7ierty),l ^ . i/a;/j. 20 miUim. 



Subs]3. 1. cinereicolor, Hmpsn. III. Het. B. M. viii. p. 51, pi. 140. f. 8 

 (18U1); Ku-bv, Cat. Het. p. 368. 



Head, thorax, and fore Aving much more strongly irrorated with 

 dark brown ; the last with the markings stronger ; the antemedial 

 punctiform line somewhat angled on median nervure. 



Huh. China, Shanghai, 1 6 ; Nilgiris, ;->000 feet {Hampson), 

 2 (S , type; Ceylon, Puttulam, Hambantota (Pol'!), 2 5 . 



841. Siccia stigmatias, n. sp. (Plate XXIX. fig. 9.) 



Head and thorax white ; palpi and antenna? black ; legs fuscous 

 and brownish ; abdomen fuscous black, the anal tuft yellowish white. 

 Fore wing white ; the costal edge black towards base ; a small 

 subbasal spot on costa, and large spot in and below cell ; an ante- 

 medial spot on costa, a large round spot in cell, and a point below 

 the submedian fold ; a point at middle of costa ; a round discoidal 

 spot with small triangular spot on costa above it ; a subterminal 

 spot on costa, small spot above vein 5, and triangular spot at tornus ; 

 a terminal seiies of strice and spots on cilia at apex and middle. 

 Hind wing fuscous, with indistinct discoidal spot. 



Hah. Sangik {Dohertif), 1 d,l 2 type. Exp. 22 millim. 



*842. Siccia seriata, n. sp. (Plate XXIX. fig. 10.) 



5 . Head and thorax grey -white ; tegulae, patagia, and meta- 

 thorax with black points ; abdomen fuscous, with ochreous anal 

 tuft. Fore wiug grey-white, with five black spots on costa ; a 

 subbasal black point ; ante- and postmedial black points below costa ; 

 a series of five spots between middle of cell and termen, the spots 

 at middle and end of cell larger ; a series of four spots in submedian 



