202 NOCTUIDJE. 



the latter with a series of dentate marks on it. Hind wing 

 brownish fuscous ; the cilia whitish. 



Hob. Sind Valley, Kashmir (Leech). Exp. 38 millirn. Type in 

 coll. Leech. 



1691. Hadena brassicae, Linn. Sijst. Nat. p. 852 ; Hilbn. Eur. Schmett, 



Noct, pi. 18, fig. 88; C. $ S. no. 2069; Buckler, Larcw Brit. 

 Butterf. Moths, pi. 66, fig. 3 (larva). 

 Noctua albidilinea, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 191. 



Dark brown. Fore wing with indistinct double subbasal, ante- 

 and postmedial dark lines, the last incurved at 3rd median 

 nervure ; orbicular and reniform stigmata grey, the latter with 

 some white on it, a black dash between them ; claviform black ; 

 an irregular pale submarginal line, the W-mark distinct ; a series 

 of marginal dark lunules ; some pale costal specks. Hind wing 

 fuscous brown ; the cilia with a pale line through them. 



Larva dark or pale green, with subdorsal and lateral darker 

 specks and slight longitudinal and transverse lines ; or dark 

 purplish fuscous with short dark streaks, the ventral area green ; 

 a lateral series of \vhite specks. 



Hal}. Europe; N.W.Himalayas; Punjab. Exp. 52 millim. 



1692. Hadena repetita, Butl III. Het. vii, p. 52, pi. 127, figs. 1, 2. 



Differs from brassicce in being ferruginous red. Fore wing 

 reddish ochreous, irrorated and suffused with ferruginous ; the 

 lines very indistinct ; orbicular and reniform fuscous, often white- 

 edged ; claviform small, ferruginous, and obsolescent ; the sub- 

 marginal line very indistinct, with the W-rnark obsolescent. Hind 

 wing reddish fuscous. 



Hab. Dharmsala. Exp. 46 millim. 



1693. Hadena cuprina, Moore, P.Z.S. 1881, p. 345, pi. 38, fig. 2; 



C. 8f S. no. 2051. 



2 Head, thorax, and abdomen brown. Fore wing dark 

 cupreous red-brown ; the usual transverse lines very indistinct ; 

 the orbicular and reniform greyish fuscous, the former oblique ; 

 three white specks on costa towards apex. Hind wing brownish 

 fuscous. 



Hab. Sikhim. Exp. 42 millim. 



1694. Hadena nigerrima, Warr. P. Z. S. 1888, p. 302 ; C. $ S. 



no. 2076 A. 



Differs from brassicce in being black-brown. Fore wings with 

 the markings very indistinct; the orbicular, reniform, and clavi- 

 form just traceable ; two white specks at lower angle of cell ; the 

 waved submarginal line very indistinct, with the W-mark barely 

 traceable. Hind wing dark fuscous. 



Hab. Thandiani, Punjab ; Sikhim. Exp. 46-52 millim. 



