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lated line across the basal fourth, a second parallel to it just 

 beyond the cell, and a third (nearly straight) limiting the ex- 

 ternal area ; a <-shaped dusky marking at the end of the cell 

 interrupting a dusky diffused streak which crosses the centre 

 of the wing ; a slender black marginal line : secondaries 

 greyer than primaries, two indistinct oblique dusky lines 

 crossing the disk, the outer one running to anal angle, where 

 it is edged outwardly with white ; a slender black marginal 

 line. Wings below paler and more uniform in colour ; prima- 

 ries crossed by one blackish discal line, secondaries by two, 

 the outer one with a pale border ; a blackish marginal line. 

 Expanse of wings 1 inch 2 lines. 



96. Herminia helva, n. sp. (no. 915). 



Pale stramineous, speckled with brown ; primaries crossed 

 by two very slender and irregular brown lines, representing 

 the central belt and enclosing a dark brown discocellular dot ; 

 an oblique dark brown line, bounded on each side by a diffused 

 brownish indistinct stripe from external angle to apex ; a 

 black marginal line : secondaries with whitish costal half, the 

 two usual whitish-bordered oblique discal lines; a marginal 

 black line. Under surface more uniform in tint, the markings 

 very indistinct, the innermost line of primaries obsolete. Ex- 

 panse of wings 1 inch 4 lines. 



97. Bleptina onerata, n. sp. (no. 930). 



Primaries above shining chocolate-brown ; the base, a broad 

 belt just before the middle, a costal spot immediately beyond 

 it, and the outer margin densely irrorated with white scales; a 

 discocellular spot and a marginal series black ; fringe greyish 

 brown, spotted at the base with darker brown : secondaries 

 shining greyish brown, darker towards outer margin, fringe 

 with a dark basal line : thorax bronze-brown, mottled with 

 white; abdomen white, transversely banded with blackish. 

 Wings below shining grey ; fringe spotted with whitish ; a 

 white costal spot beyond the cell of primaries : bo ly below 

 white; legs above blackish, banded with white. Expanse of 

 wings 1 inch. 



98. Locastra arnica^ n. sp. (no. 933). 



Primaries with the basal third sordid buff, speckled with 

 black; central third white, slightly speckled and broadly 

 bordered with black, the outer border being biangulated or 

 zigzag; two small black spots (the outer one lunate), indi- 

 cating the discoidal spots ; external third copper-brown, 

 clouded near apex and external angle with blackish ; a mar- 



