1881.] NOCTURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 337 



Leucania nainica, n. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 15.) 



Male and Female. Fore wing very pale reddish ochreous, palest 

 along the veins ; a few minute black speckles along the costal and 

 posterior borders ; median vein and its two upper branches white, 

 bordered v^ith a brown streak above and below the cell, a black spot 

 at end of the cell, a transverse discal series of minute black points, 

 and a marginal row of dots : hind wing slightly paler, outer margin 

 suffused with brown ; cilia whitish. Thorax in front, palpi, and legs 

 above brown-speckled. 



Expanse, S ly^, $ lyV iich. 



Hab. Naini Taf, N.W. Himalaya. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Leucania albistigma, n. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 9.) 



Female. Fore wing pale brownish ochreous, greyish along the 

 costal border and obliquely below the apex ; veins speckled with 

 grey and brown, most prominently along the median and its 

 branches ; an indistinct curved discal series of minute black points ; 

 a small brown spot in middle of the cell, and a black streak ex- 

 tending through and beyond its end, which is crossed by a white 

 discocellular spot ; a slender black streak below end of the cell : hind 

 wing ochreous-white ; veins lined with brownish ochreous. Thorax, 

 palpi, and legs greyish ochreous, the palpi and legs brown-speckled ; 

 abdomen ochreous-white. 



Expanse Ij^^- inch. 



Hab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Leucania howra, n. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 16.) 



Female. Fore wing pale brownish ochreous, greyish along base of 

 the costa, below the apex, and below the cell ; brown-speckled ; 

 veins ochreous-white, the subcostal branches and the median with 

 its branches lined with brown to the discal black points ; a brown 

 line between all the veins, and a prominent black basal streak below 

 the cell ; a marginal row of minute black dots : hind wing ochreous- 

 white ; veins brownish ochreous, some marginal black dots. Thorax, 

 palpi, and legs greyish ochreous, speckled with brown ; abdomen 

 ochreous-white. 



Expanse Ij inch. 



Hab, Calcutta. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Leucania rufistrigosa, n. sp. 



Female. Near to L dha)-ma. Fore wing pale yellowish ochreous, 

 with a reddish-ochreous longitudinal fascia through the cell to 

 apex, and extending paler obliquely below the apex ; ochreous-red 

 incomplete lines between the veins ; an indistinct series of discal 

 black points and a black spot below the cell ; median vein and its 

 two upper branches to the discal black points white bordered with 

 black, the white very distinct and sharply defined for half length of 

 the cell : hind wing and abdomen pale brown, with a slightly darker 

 discocellular spot. Underside paler ; fore wing with the costal 

 border pale brown, the discoidal area and median veins dusky brown : 



