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outwards ; a terminal series of points. Hind wing slightlj' tinged 

 with brown and with traces of a discoidal lunula more distinct on 

 underside. Underside of fore wing suffused with fuscous. 



Hab. C. & W. China, Washan, type t in Coll. Leech, Pu-tsu-fong, 

 Chia-ting-fu, Ichang. Exj). 28 millim. 



866. Hyposiccia mesozonata. (Plate XXIX. fig. 22.) 

 Mmene mesozonata, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xi. p. 438 (1898). 



Head and thorax grey tinged with olive-brown ; palpi blackish ; 

 fore and mid legs banded with black ; abdomen fuscous, the anal 

 tuft grey. Fore wing grey ; the basal area suffused with olive- 

 brown, with darker spots ab base of costa and below the cell ; an 

 anteaiedial waved line angled outwards in cell, inwards just below 

 it and bent outwards to inner margin ; a black spot in middle of 

 cell and lunula on discocellulars ; medial and postmadial' waved 

 lines with an olive-brown band between them, angled at veins 6 

 and 4, then oblique, and joining the antemedial line at inner 

 margin ; an irregularly waved subterminal line with some brown 

 suffusion beyond it ; a terminal series of points with larger spots at 

 apex, middle, and above tornus. Hind wing fuscous, darker in female ; 

 the cilia greyish. 



Eab. Assam, Khjisis, 1 d , 1 2 type. Exp.^ d 3 8, $ 20 millim. 



Genus PARASICCIA, nov. 



Type, P. mciculifascia. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head ; tibise 

 with the spurs long. Fore wing with vein 2 from beyond middle of cell ; 

 3 from near angle ; 5 from above angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 

 stalked; 10, 11 free. Hind wing witii vein 2 from beyond middle of 

 cell ; 3, 4 from angle ; 5 from well above angle ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle 

 of cell. 



Sect. I. Antennae of male bipectinate, with moderate branches. 



867. Parasiccia punctatissima. 



JEmene punctatissima, Pouj. Bail. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) vi. p. clix (1886) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 367. 



S ■ Head and thorax pala brownish grey ; palpi black ; legs 

 tinged with ochreous and banded with fuscous ; abdomen grey 

 tinged with fuscous, the anal tuft and ventral surface tinged 

 with ochreous. Pore wing pale brownish grey ; the costal edge 

 black towards base ; a black point at base and two subbasal points ; 

 an antemedial series with more prominent spot on costa, the 

 points in cell and on inner margin nearer the base ; a point at middle 

 of cell, with a spot on costa above it ; a discoidal lunule ; the post- 

 medial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, angled at veins 6 

 and 4, then retracted to below end of cell with a line on its inner 

 side, moie or less fuscous suffusion between it and end of cell; 



