346 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC [Mar. 1, 



palpi, and legs pale ferruginous ; palpi laterally and legs above slightly 

 brown-streaked. Near to A. undicilia, Waller. 



Expanse ly'*,- inch. 



Hub. Darjilmg. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Apamea strigidisca, n. sp. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 9.) 



Male. Fore wing dark ferruginous ; costal border, some basal 

 streaks, and discal area paler ferruginous ; a transverse antemedian 

 and postmedian sinuous pale-bordered black lines ; orbicular and 

 reniform spots black-lined, with a pale inner border and blackish 

 centre ; a black conical mark below the orbicular spot ; a submar- 

 ginal transverse pale line, the middle portion zigzag and longitu- 

 dinally crossed by a black line between the median veins ; base of 

 cell and posterior margin black-streaked ; submedian vein black ; 

 some black streaks on the costal border, and a marginal waved line 

 with a row of black points : hind wing pale ferruginous-brown. 

 Body ferruginous ; collar and tegulse, front of head, palpi laterally, 

 and bands on legs black. 



Expanse 1|^ inch. 



Hub. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



The markings in this species are somewhat similar to those in 

 Mamestra adjusta, Esper. 



Apamea basalis, n. sp. 



Fore wing dusky ferruginous-brown ; veins broadly grey-speckled, 

 with intervening cupreous-brown longitudinal streaks ; two indistinct 

 subbasal and a median transverse black sinuous line ; orbicular spot 

 black-lined ; reniform spot pale ochreous and ill-defined ; discal and 

 apical areas with pale ochreous longitudinal streaks ; a marginal 

 row of black dentate spots: hind wing pale brownish-ochreous, 

 with darker-brown marginal band. Thorax, head, palpi, and legs 

 above dusky ferruginous-brown, grey-speckled ; abdomen brownish 

 ochreous, with brown dorsal tufts. 



Expanse 1| inch. 



Hab. Dalhousie, N.W. Himalaya. In coll. F. Moore. 



Apamea nubila, n. sp. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 10.) 



Male and Female. Fore wing dark purple-brown, washed with 

 chalybeate-grey, crossed by a subbasal, antemedian, postmedian, and 

 a submarginal sinuons black-bordered grey line ; orbicular and reni- 

 form spots greyish, their interspace and a streak below base of the 

 cell, a mark below the orbicular spot, and a streak above posterior 

 angle black : hind wing and abdomen pale ochreous-brown. Thorax 

 dark purple-brown ; palpi and legs ochreous-brown, the latter with 

 black bands. 



Expanse \-fQ inch. 



Hab. Darjihng. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



