new Species of Noctuicla\ 583 



Hub. Punjab, Kaiigra {Hocking), 1 ? ; Madras, Nilgiris 

 (Hampson), 1 J type. Exp. 26 mm. 



Nanaffuna brunnea, sp. n. 



^. Head and thorax pale reddish brown more or less 

 tinged with fuscous ; abdomen pale reddish brown. Fore 

 wing pale reddish brown slightly irrorated with black, the 

 inner area to postmedial line and sometimes the inner half 

 of terminal area whitish ; the costal area near base and at 

 middle, the cell and area just below it sometimes suifused 

 with black ; subbasal line represented by an inwardly oblique 

 striga from costa and a very oblique streak from cell to 

 antemedial line at vein 1, obscured in the black suffused 

 specimens ; antemedial line almost medial, strongly angled 

 outwards on subcostal nervure and in submedian fold and 

 inwards in cell and on vein 1 ; traces of a discoidal annulus ; 

 postmedial line with series of black points on it and defined 

 by whitish on outer side, very oblique from costa to vein 6, 

 then inwardly oblique and incurved below vein 2, where there 

 is some brownish or fuscous beyond it ; some slight fuscous 

 and whitish points on costa towards apex ; traces of a waved 

 grey subterminal line with two obliquely placed fuscous 

 points beyond it at vein 2 and sometimes a point on it in 

 submedian fold ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia 

 ochreous w^ith series of brovvnish or fuscous spots. Hind 

 wing whitish uniformly suifused with pale reddish brown ; 

 the underside whitish, the costal area tinged with brown. 



Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 ^ type; Pulo Laut {Doherty), 

 1 c? . Exp. 26 mm, 



Nanaguna albisecta, sp. n. 



5 . Head and thorax whitish, slightly tinged with browai ; 

 teg-ulse at tips, slight marks on patagia, and a patch on meso- 

 thorax black ; fore tibite and tarsi banded with fuscous. 

 Fore wing pale olive-grey, slightly irrorated with black ; some 

 rufous sutiusion below the cell near base and below middle 

 of terminal area ; a diffused white fascia from costa near 

 base through the cell and thence to apex, defined below by a 

 black streak ending in a black spot at lower angle of cell; a 

 medial black line, oblique and punctiform from costa to the 

 white fascia, waved below the cell ; a rather punctiform black 

 postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side, very oblique 

 from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique, some blackish 

 points beyond it on costa and slight streaks from vein 6 to 

 submedian fold; a small wedge-shaped white spot on middle 



