THE ANiVALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY 



[EIGHTH SERIES.] 

 No. 4. APRIL 1908. 



XLVI. — Descriptions of some neio Species of Noctuidte from 

 Peru. By HERBERT Druce, F.L.S. &c. 



All the species now described were collected by Mr. W. F. 

 Rosenberg's late collector Mr. G. Ockenden. 



Fam. Noctuidge. 



Subfam. Hadtsninm. 



Miselia alhistriga, sp. n. 



Head and thorax greenish brown ; antennaj and palpi pale 

 brown ; abdomen dark brown above, paler on the underside; 

 a tuft of greenish hairs at the base of tlie abdomen and two 

 tufts of reddisli-brown hair above the anus. Primaries dark 

 brown, crossed from the costal to' the inner margin by two 

 curved greenish lines ; a white spot at the end of the coll, 

 the apex and outer margin mostly greenish : secondaries very 

 (lark brown, the fringe paler. Underside pale brown. 



Expanse IjV inch. 



Uah. S.E. Peru, Santo Domingo, 0000 feet {Ockenden, 

 Mus. Druce). 



Miselia albistellata, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, togulic, thorax, and abdomen blackish 

 brown, the underside of the abdomen and legs pale brown; 

 antennas and palpi brown. Primaries pale fawu-colour, 



Ann. tD Miu/. X. Hist. Ser. {?. Vol. i. 19 



