70G ARCTIADJE. 



843r/. Siccia ccmformis, n. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 13.) 



3 . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brownish grey ; antennas 

 brown ; palpi black except at base ; fore and mid tibia? and tarsi 

 black ringed with whitish. Fore wing white with an ochreons 

 • brown tinge ; obliquely placed black subbasal spots on costa and 

 below the cell ; an antemedial series of five black spots, the spots 

 on costa and below the cell larger, the series excurved to submedian 

 fold, then incurved ; a black spot in middle of cell with larger spot 

 above it on costa ; a discoidal spot ; a sinuous medial line from 

 vein 2 near its origin to inner margin ; postmedial line black with 

 small spot at costa, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal 

 fold, excurved at middle, then strongly incurved and again ex- 

 curved to inner margin ; a subterminal black spot on costa followed 

 by a slight sinuous shade formed by black scales ; a terminal series 

 of small black spots. Hind wing white. Underside of fore wing 

 suffused with fuscous ; hind wing with the costal area tinged with 

 brown, a blackish discoidal point. 

 $ . Hind wing fuscous brown. 



Hah. S. Nigeria, Sapele (Sampson), 1 S ; N. Nigeria, Minna 

 (Macfie), 1 S type; Be. E. Africa, Teita (Jackson), 1 ?. 

 Exp. lo millim. 



845 a. Siccia fumeola, n. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 14.) 



6 . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with brownish grey ; 

 abdomen dark brown. Fore wing greyish ochreous mixed with 

 dark brown ; obliquely placed dark brown subbasal spots on costa 

 and in cell ; an antemedial spot on costa and indistinct diffused 

 line, oblique below the cell ; a dark point in middle of cell and 

 slight discoidal spot ; an indistinct diffused medial line excurved to 

 lower angle of cell ; an indistinct postmedial line, oblique towards 

 costa and with dark spot at discal fold ; an indistinct maculate dark 

 subterminal line and terminal series of small spots. Hind wing 

 dark reddish brown. 



Hah- Formosa, Kanshirei (Wileman), 1 6 type. Exp. 

 14 millim. 



*S46ff. Siccia pyralina. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 15.) 

 CMonsema pyralina, Eoths. Nov. Zool. xx. p. 192 (1913). 



6 . Head and thorax red-brown ; palpi and antennae dark brown ; 

 pectus and legs dark brown, the tibiae at extremities and tarsi 

 slightly ringed with whitish ; abdomen grey-brown, the anal tuft 

 brownish white, the ventral surface brownish white towards base. 

 Fore wing grey -brown suffused with red-brown and irrorated with 

 blackish, the basal area suffused Avith deep chocolate-brown leaving 

 the base of inner margin pale grey-brown ; a subbasal black-brown 

 striga from costa ; antemedial line almost medial, black-brown, 



