1881.] NOCTURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. ' 357 



Berrh.ea olivacea, n. sp. 



Allied to B. ynegastigma ; comparatively smaller : fore wing simi- 

 larly marked, but with less prominent ochreous and black streaks, 

 the submarginal zigzag ochreous line slender throughout its length, the 

 orbicular and reniform marks slightly smaller : hind wing cupreous- 

 brown, slightly paler at the base. 



Expanse, c? If, ? 1| inch. 



Hab. Darjiling. lu coll. F. Moore and Dr. Staudinger. 



Genus Hadena, Treits. 



Hadena adjuncta, n. sp. 



Fore wing purplish grey, crossed by a greyish-white-bordered, 

 black, sinuous antemedian and a postmedian line, and a submarginal 

 row of long black-bordered, grey, dentate marks ; a marginal black 

 lunular line ; orbicular and reniform spots black-lined ; a black 

 zigzag streak at base of wing, and a distinct black forked bar below 

 the cell joining the ante- and postmedian lines, below which the area 

 is iron-grey : hind wing and abdomen pale brown. Thorax purple- 

 grey, black- and white-speckled ; first and second joints of palpi 

 brown- and grey-speckled, third joint ochreous ; legs brown, grey- 

 speckled, and with ochreous tarsal bands. 



Expanse l| inch. 



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



Near to the European H. satura. 



Hadena siderifera, n. sp. 



Fore wing brownish grey, crossed by a basal, antemedian, and a 

 postmedian double zigzag black line, a submarginal sinuous pale 

 yellowish line with black inner points, and a marginal row of minute 

 black points ; orbicular spot black-lined ; reniform spot composed of 

 a large white quadrate spot, bordered at the upper and lower outer 

 ends by two minute white spots, and on the inner side by a black 

 pale-bordered line ; a quadrate black mark below the orbicular spot : 

 hind wing greyish brown. 



Expanse Ig inch. 



Hab. Solun, Punjab. In coll. F. Moore. 



Allied to H. albiflexura. Walker, and to H. constellata, Moore, 

 from Daijiling. It also has much the appearance of Mamestra 

 brassicce. 



Fam. Xylinid.e. 



Genus Cucullia, Ochs. 



CuCTJLLiA albescens, n. sp. 



A smaller species than C. atlsinsoni; fore wing paler brown, the 

 grey more diffused through the middle of the wing : hind wing cine- 

 reous-white, with a very faint brownish marginal border. Underside 

 much paler than C. atkinsoni, the hind wing almost uniformly white. 

 Body greyer ; legs grey above. 



Expanse If inch. 



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



