Ileterocera from Xi'ic Onlnea. AA',\ 



Asura decussiij .s[). n. 



c? . Head and thorax yelIo\vi>li. Primaries pale pinkisli 

 yellow, deopeiiinjj^ into pinkisli towards the terineu ; a 

 brownish X-shaped niaik across the median area frocn costa 

 to inner mar<,Mn, with a hroad |io.itmedian paler > mark 

 joining its two external extremities ; costa very finely dark, 

 fringes dark. Secondaries pale semitransparent yelhnv. 



pjxpanse 24 mm. 



JJab. Artak Mountains, 4000 f'eot ; February and March. 



Type in Coll. Ivenrick. 



Diacrisia sti/x, sp. n. 



(J. Palpi and aiitennte black, head and thorax orango-red; 

 abloineii black, with a lateral orange-red line. Both wirigs 

 black : ])rimaries with the veins finely whitish ; a white 

 irregular spot below the angle of vein 2, and a broad, curved, 

 white subapical band from costa to termcn, leaving the apex 

 black. Secondaries unit'orndy black. Fringes black to both 

 wings. 



Expanse 44 mm. 



Jl<tl>. Ninay Valley (Art'ak Mountains), otJOO feet. 



Type in my collection. 



Noctuidae. 

 PlLIPECTUS, gen. nov. 



Eyes smooth ; palpi upturned, second and end segment 

 long, the latter nearly naked; anteniiiB simj)le; thorax, 

 patagia with raised, longish, spatulate scales and tuttsof very 

 long bristl'-like hairs. Legs long, thin, mid pair with a 

 pair of long tibial spines; hind legs with two pairs of long 

 spurs, one pair being midway between the femoral and tarsal 

 sockets. IS'euration: primaries with vein 2 from near middle 

 of cell, 4 from the lower angle, 5 from above the angle, (i 

 from the upper angle, S and 9 on a long stalk from 10 anasto- 

 mosing with 7 to form the areole, 11 from behind tiie middle 

 of cell. Secondaries with 3 and 4 from the lower angle, 5 

 from just above the angle, 6 and 7 from the upper angle. 



Type, PiKpectus ocellatus, 13- B. 



Pilipedus ocellatus , sp. n. 



{J. Frons greyish brown; caput creara-colour; collar 

 inauvc-brown, tipped with cream ; thorax brown, patagiu 



30* 



