90 LORD WALSINGHAM ON NEW TINEID.«. [Feb. 17, 



tremity of the tarsi spotted with blackish brown. Underside of 

 wings uniformly dull smoky brown. 



Expanse 15 millims. 



cJ $ . Taken on the Siskiyou Mountain?, on the borders of Cali- 

 fornia and Oregon, June 8th, 1872, at an elevation of about 6000 ft. 

 A very distinct and interesting little species of the group to which 

 belong P. chrysopyya and P. monticola. 



PSECADIA ERMINEELLA, Sp. nOV. (Plate XII. fig. 7 •) 



Capite et thorace griseo-albidis, hoc uno, illo quatuor punctis nigris 

 impositis ; alls anticis griseo-albidis, maculis tredecim mediis, 

 decern minoribus marf/inallbus nigris ; posticis dilute griseis, ciliis 

 pallidioribus. 



Head greyish white, with a black spot above between theantennaj. 

 Palpi greyish white, v/ith a black band round the base of the apical 

 joint. Antennce blackish. Thorax greyish white, with four black 

 spots, one in front, one at each side, and one larger and more con- 

 spicuous than the others behind. Fore wings greyish white, with 

 thirteen black spots on their surface, some of which are elongate, 

 besides ten smaller marginal spots, of which four are on the costal, 

 six on the apical margin ; the first black spot is at the base, 

 beneath the costa, the second on the costa ; slightly beyond these 

 two, somewhat diffused beneath them, is a smaller one at the base 

 of the cell, followed by four more along its lower edge, of which 

 the second is rather lower than the others ; the two largest and 

 most conspicuous spots are elongate, and situated on the cell ; these 

 are followed by a smaller one beyond it, and above them are the 

 three remaining subcostal spots. Hind wings pale greyish, with 

 whitish-grey cilia. Abdomen and legs whitish grey. Underside 

 of fore wings brownish grey. 



Expanse 22 millims. 



Received from the Rev. H. Hocking, from Dharmsala, in the 

 Punjaub. 



PsECADIA HOCKINGELLA, Sp. HOV. (Plate XII. figS. 8, 9, & 9 fl.) 



Capite et thorace dilute schistaceo-griseis, palpis albido-griseis, 



nigro annulatis ; alls anticis dilute schistaceo-griseis, punctis 



elongatis et striguUs nigris in longitudi7iem diverse dispositis, et 



pmictis duodecim marginalibus ; abdomine cum tibiis posticis flavis, 



tarsis posticis albo nigroque annulatis. 



Head pale slaty grey. Palpi whitish grey, with two black 



annulations on the second and one on the apical joint. Antennae 



dusky greyish, the basal joint touched with black. Thorax pale 



slaty grey, with six black spots, besides two more minute ones at the 



base of the patagia, arranged as follows — one in front, one on each 



side, and three placed in the form of a triangle behind. Fore wings 



smooth, rather shining, pale slaty grey, with numerous black 



slender streaks and elongate black spots, a black elongate spot at the 



base of the costa, six slender subcostal streaks, below them a long 



slender streak running from before the middle of the wing nearly 



