SICCIA, — ADOXOSIA. 397 



defined on outer side by white points ; traces of a sinuous sub- 

 terminal line ; a pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing pale fuscous. 

 Hah. Assam, Khasis, 1 J type. Exp. 24 millim. 



845. Siccia tenebrosa. (Plate XXIX. fig. 13.) 



^mene tenebrosa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 34 ; Hnipsn. Moths Ind. ii. 

 p. 93 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 367. 



Head and thorax dark brown, irrorated with grey ; abdomen 

 fuscous grey, the anal tuft and ventral surface yellowish white. 

 Fore wing dai'k brown, strongly irrorated with grey ; iudistinct 

 minutelj' waved antemedial and medial curved lines ; a spot in 

 middle of cell and discoidal lunule ; the postmedial line bent 

 outwards below costa and angled at veins 6 and 4, then incurved ; 

 an obscure subtermiual line, most prominent towards costa ; a 

 terminal seiies of points. Hind wing whitish in male, pale fuscous 

 in female. 



Hah. Bombay. 5 $ , type, Mhow, 1 J (Swinhoe), Poona (Nurse), 

 1 J. E.V2>., d 18, $ 20 millim. 



846. Siccia minuta. (Plate XXIX. fig. 29.) 



^mene minuta, Bull. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 595; Kii-by, Cat. Het. 

 p. 367. 



c? . Fuscous black ; abdomen whitish below. Fore wiug with 

 paler medial diffused band ; an indistinct dark discoidal spot ; traces 

 of a postmedial line strongly excurved beyond the cell and of a 

 curved subterminal line. 



Hab. Japan, Yokohama {Pnjer), 1 cJ type. Exp. 16 millim. 



847. Siccia fulvocincta, n. sp. (Plate XXIX. fig. 13.) 



2 . Grey ; head and thorax tinged with olive-fulvous ; tibiae and 

 tarsi blackish with whi*^^e bands. Fore wing strongly irrorated with 

 fuscous ; some olive-fulvous marks at base ; subbasal, antemedial, 

 medial, and postmedial olive-fulvous minutely dentate bands 

 defined on each side by blackish lines, angled outwards below costa 

 and at middle ; a point at middle of cell and discoidal lunule ; 

 traces of a maculate subterminal line ; cilia olive-fulvous and 

 fuscous chequered with white. Hind wing fuscous, the cilia pale. 



Hah. NiLGiRis, 1 5 ; Madura {A. O. Cardeiv), 1 $ type. Exp. 

 36 millim. 



Genus ADOXOSIA, iiov. 



Type, A. excisa. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, extending about the leno;th of head ; 

 frons with sharp tuft ; antennae of male minutely ciliated ; tibia; with the spurs 

 moderate. Fore wing long and narrow, the costa arched, the termen excised 

 below apex ; vein 2 from towards angle of cell ; .3 from well before angle ; 4, 5 

 separate ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 slalked, 7 from beyond 9 ; 10 free ; 

 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell ; 

 3 from before angle ; 5 from well above angle ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle 

 of cell. 



