676 Mr. J. H. Leech on Lepidoptera Heterocera 



on costa towards apex ; below this spot there is a dot of the 

 same colour : secondaries whitish brown, powdered with 

 fuliginous, and becoming heavily clouded with fuliginous 

 beyond the wavy central line ; discal spot linear. 



Female. — Similar to the male, but the exterior outline of 

 the central fascia on primaries is more clearly defined and is 

 bordered with paler towards costa and inner margin ; beyond 

 it there are some wavy transverse lines and a white spot 

 towards inner angle ; on the secondaries there is a large 

 diffuse orange band extending from costa to third median 

 nervule ; the fringes of these wings are tinged with orange 

 towards outer angle. The under surface of primaries is 

 fuliginous, with a broad fulvous central fascia, and of second- 

 aries also fuliginous, tinged on the central area with fulvous. 



Expanse, ^ 54-56, ? 58 millim. 



Thirteen male specimens and two females from Moupin, 

 Omei-shan, Che-tou, and Ni-tou : June and July. 



Hah. Western China. 



Photoscotosia propugnataria, sp. n. 



Primaries pale olivaceous brown, basal patch and central 

 fascia vinous brown, inner half of central portion paler; the 

 fascia is outlined in black, its interior edge is thrice indented, 

 and there is a black spot in each indentation, the upper one 

 continued to costa ; the external edge is wavy and has an 

 obtuse projection about the middle ; submarginal line pale, 

 macular below the costa, each spot outwardly edged with 

 black. Secondaries fuscous, whitish grey on costal area, 

 more narrowly towards base ; there is an orange cloud at end 

 of the discoidal cell and the fringes on upper lialf are tinged 

 with the same colour. Under surface very similar to that of 

 P. fasciaria, but less ochreous, especially on primaries. 



Expanse 54 millim. 



One male specimen from Wa-shan : June. 



Uab. Western China. 



Photoscotosia miniosata. 



Scotoxia miniosata, Walk. Cat. Lep. Ilet. .\xv. p. ]3o4 (1862). 

 Fhotoscotosia miniosata, Uampson, Fauiiii Brit. Ind., Moths, iii. p. 380 

 (ISyo). 



I received this species from Pu-tsu-fong, Che-tou, and from 

 the plateau to the north of Ta-chien-lu. 



The specimens do not appear to differ from examples in my 

 collection from the North-west Himalayas. 



Distribution. Himalayas j Sylhet ; Western China. 



