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whitish with faint fuscous tinge. Under side whitish suffused with 

 fuscous especially on fore wings. 



Expanse, 32 millim. 



Collection number, 1797. 



One female specimen (minus head and abdomen) from 

 Eantaizan (7500 ft.), May, 1909. 



Parasiccia nebidosa, sp. n. 



Fore wings whitish with faint ochreous tinge, finely sprinkled 

 with black ; a black patch on costal half of basal area, its outer edge 

 irregular; antemedial line black, wavy, commencing in a black spot 

 on the costa, interrupted above dorsum ; postmedial line blackish, 

 wavy, traversing black spots ; subterminal line black, interrupted 

 widely so below costa ; a terminal series of linear black spots, and 

 two black spots in the cell, the outer one largest. Hind wings 

 whitish, fuscous tinged, a blackish lunule at end of cell. Under side 

 of fore wings fuscous, of hind wings same as on upper side. 



Expanse, 30 millim. 



Collection number, 1265. 



One male specimen from Arizan (7300 ft.), August, 1908. 



Seems to come nearest to P. maculifascia, Moore. 



Agkotin^. 

 Noctua tahvana, sp. n. 



Head and thorax purplish brown, patagia rather darker ; abdo- 

 men fuscous, terminal segment fringed with ochreous hairs. Fore 

 wings dark purplish brown ; antemedial and postmedial lines black, 

 double, the former deeply indented above dorsum ; subterminal line 

 ochreous, undulated, inwardly edged with black ; terminal area beyond 

 the line with clusters of bluish scales on the veins and at costal ex- 

 tremity of subterminal line; orbicular stigma of the ground colour, 

 ringed with black ; reniform oulined in black and partly filled up with 

 ochreous. Hind wings fuscous. Under side dark fuscous, all the 

 wings have a darker discoidal mark and postmedial line. 



Expanse, 40 millim. 



Collection number, 15026. 



Two male specimens from Arizan (7300 ft.), August, 1908. 



The cotype, not in such perfect condition as the specimen 

 described, is browner in colour, and the markings on the terminal 

 area are absent. 



Hadenin^e. 

 Hadena variegata, sp. n. 



Head and thorax brown, collar and patagia paler edged ; antennae 

 cihated. Fore wings brown clouded and mottled with darker and 

 lighter brown ; subbasal line black extending only to median nervure 

 under which it runs to the incurved, black, antemedial line ; post- 

 medial line black, incurved, angled about middle ; stigmata of the 

 paler ground colour, outer edges still paler and pinkish tinged, 

 I'eniform outlined in black, its upper part extending almost to costa. 



