CTJCULIA. 239 



1808. Cuculia nigrifascia, n. sp. 



c? . Differs from albescens in the fore wing having the black 

 streak from base below median nervure more prominent; theante- 

 inedial line more prominent and much less dentate ; a prominent 

 black band between the orbicular and reniform continued to near 

 inner margin ; short black streaks on outer area at middle and 

 above outer angle. Hind wing paler. 



Hob. Murree. Exp. 50 millim. Type in B. M. 



1809. Cuculia albipennis, n. sp. 



c? . Head and thorax white ; collar with a black band ; two black 

 spots on tegulae ; abdomen pale ochreous. Fore wing white, 

 slightly suffused with brown ; a black streak from base below 

 median nervure ; an antemedial black line excurved below cell and 

 angled inwards on vein 1 ; the orbicular and reniform with brown 

 centres and incomplete black edges ; a postmedial line angled out- 

 wards beyond cell ; some white specks on costa towards apex ; 

 traces of a submarginal line ; black streaks on outer area at middle 

 and above outer angle ; a series of black marginal specks. Hind 

 wing whitish, fuscous towards outer margin. 



Hob. Sultanpur, Kangra (Graham Young}. Exp. 30 millim. 

 Type in coll. Leech. 



1810. Cuculia brevipennis, n. sp. 



Differs from albescens in the fore wing being shorter and broader ; 

 the colour paler ; the orbicular and reniform more prominent, the 

 former more rounded : two subapical dark streaks and one near 

 middle of outer area. Hind wing with the basal area pale ochreous 

 in stead of seruihyaline white. Underside of fore wing paler fuscous ; 

 hind wing uniformly pale, irrorated with brown. 



The Sikhirn specimen has the hind wing whiter; the Naga 

 specimen has the stigmata indistinct. 



Hob. Subathu, N.W. Himalayas (Harford)} Sikhim; Nagas. 

 Exp. 46 millim. Type in B. M. 



1811. Cuculia stigmatophora, n. sp. 



cJ . Pale reddish ochreous ; collar with fine dark lines and a 

 black streak from shoulder; vertex of thorax dark red-brown. 

 Fore wing with the costal area suffused with rufous ; the pattern 

 as in albescens, but red-brown in colour ; the orbicular and reiiiform 

 obsolete, with a red-brown mark between them. Hind wing fuscous. 

 Underside pale, thickly irrorated with ochreous. 



Hab. Murree (Harford). Exp. 44 millira. Type in B. M. 



1812. Cuculia pullata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 358; C. # 8. no. 1529. 

 $ . Differs from albescens in the hind wing being white, with a 



