68 L:p;UCANIID^. 



Leucania mediofusca. (Plate CXLIV. fig. 9.) 



Expanse 1 ^o inch. 



Male. Fore wing : apex blunt, outer margin rounded ; long erect ochreous hairs along 

 the submedian nervure on the underside of fore wing ; veins whitish ; two diffused fuscous 

 streaks, one from base above and below median nervure extending to outer margin above the 

 second median nervule, the other from outer margin along the submedian nervure ending in a 

 dark speck at the lobe of the inner margin. Hind wing ochreous white. Underside ochreous 

 white, with some dusky streaks along the veins of fore wing. Head and thorax pinkish 

 grey ; abdomen whitish. 



Differs from any other species in the possession of the long erect hairs on the submedian 

 nervure on underside of fore wing. 



Leucania stramen. (Plate CXLIV. fig. 2.) 



Expanse f inch. 



Male. Fore wing : the apex blunt, outer margin rounded ; pale straw-coloured ; median 

 nervure white, with a small black speck below it close to the origin of first median nervule, 

 and a small dai-k patch at its termination ; an indistinct oblique streak from the apex to 

 second discoidal nervule, with three black specks in a line with it to inner margin. Hind 

 wing white, straw-coloured along apical portion of outer margin. Underside of fore wing 

 white, very pale straw-colour along costa and outer margin ; a black speck on costa three 

 fourths from base ; a diffused dark patch beyond end of cell. Antennte, head, and thorax 

 pale straw-colour; abdomen whitish. 



Nearest to L. polemusa, but straw-coloured and without the basal black streak or median 

 fuscous one. 



Leucania albivitta. (Plate CXLIV. fig. 16.) 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Female. Fore wing : the apex blunt, the outer margin rounded ; ruddy brown, the veins 

 paler; an indistinct black transverse streak below the middle of the median nervure; a 

 prominent white streak at its extremity ; a waved black fascia from the costa three fourths 

 trom base to inner margin two thirds from base. Hind wing emarginate at discoidal nervule ; 

 fuscous. Cilia of both wings ochreous at base, fuscous at extremities. Underside smoky 

 pearly grey; a dark antecilial line; disc of fore wing dusky ; hind wing with a dark lunule at 

 end of cell, and traces of a series of postmedial specks. Head and thorax ruddy ; abdomen 

 fuscous. 



A very distinct species. 



