1881.] NOCTURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 335 



Allied to L. decissima, Walker ; may be distinguished from it by 

 having a linear discoidal streak much more clearly defined, the two 

 basal black streaks, and by the cilia of fore wing being distinctly 

 lined. 



Leucania penicillata, u. sp. 



Fore wing pale greyish ochreous, with a dusky-brown suffused 

 fascia from the base through the cell to apex, and extending obliquely 

 from below the apex along the exterior margin, the oblique inter- 

 space from the apex whitish; external veins whitish; a prominent, 

 short, white, black-bordered terminally-bent streak at lower end of 

 the cell ; a black streak below base of the cell, and another below 

 snbmedian vein ; costal border slightly black-speckled ; some in- 

 distinct black dots disposed across the disk, and a marginal row of 

 black points ; cilia with brown lines : hind wing greyish brown, 

 v/hitish at the base, the veins darker, and with an indistinct disco- 

 cellular darker luuular spot ; cilia white, with a brown line. Thorax 

 and collar speckled with black and grey ; palpi and legs black- 

 speckled ; male with a black tuft at the base of abdomen beneath. 



Expanse lyg inch. 



Hah. Solun^ Punjab ; Dalhousie (N.W. India). lu coll. F. 

 Moore. 



Allied to Z. bistrigata. 



Leucania modesta, n. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. II.) 



Male and Female. Fore wing pale ochreous, external area below 

 the apex slightly darker, with an antemediau transverse indistinct 

 sinuous black line, a postmedian series of points, and marginal row of 

 black dots : hind wing pale brownish-ochreous and yellow along the 

 costal border, with an indistinct darker discocellular lunular spot 

 and marginal spots. Tegulae very slightly black-speckled. 



Expanse 1| inch. 



Hub. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Leucania lineatipes, n. sp. 



Male. Fore wing pale ochreous, with a distinct straight white 

 line along the median vein from the base to the outer margin, a 

 brown fascia extending below the cell ; a black discocellular spot at 

 lower end of the cell, four or five points across the disk, and a 

 marginal row of minute dots : hind wing pale brownish ochreous, 

 •outer border slightly darker, and with indistinct minute black dots 

 below the apical margin. Front of head and palpi darker and 

 brighter ochreous-brown ; legs in front with a brown longitudinal 

 streak. 



AlHed to L. impura. 



Expanse, d lyiT' $ 1-iVinch, 



Hab. Cherra Punji, E. Bengal. In coil, F. Moore. 



Leucania adusta, n. sp. 



Male and Female. Fore wing ochreous-yellow ; median and sub- 



