SICCIA. 



393 



metathorax with black spots ; abdomen fuscous grey. Fore wmg 

 white, with the costal edge black towards base ; a subbasal hue from 



costa to vein 1, with a sliglit 

 streak beyond it in cell and 

 a spot on inner area; an 

 oblique antemedial series 

 of spots connected with a 

 prominent short streak in 

 cell ; a medial series of 

 points angled in cell ; a 

 Fig. mb.—Siccia sagittifera, S- f. ^^ort streak in end of cell 



forming a small Y-shaped 

 mark with the discoidal lunula ; a postmedial series of points bent 

 outwards below costa, angled on veins 6 and 4, then oblique ; a 

 spot on costa towards apex, with some dark marks below it ; 

 a terminal series of points. Hind wing slightly tinged with 

 fuscous. 



Huh. IST.W. HiMAiATAS, Murree, 1 c5' , 1 ? , Dalhousie, 1 2 

 {Harford), Kangra (Hocking), 3 d , 3 $ , type : Sikhim, 7000 feet 

 (Fikher), 1 d . H.vj). 18-22 millim. 



835. Siccia v-nigra, n. sp. (Plate XXIX. fig. 3.) 



Head and thorax grey, tinged with fuscous and irrorated with 

 black ; palpi blackish : fore legs banded with black. Fore wing 

 grey, tinged with fuscous brown and strongly irrorated with 

 black; a subbasal black spot on costa; an antemedial oblique 

 band from costa to median nervure, where it is angled and emits 

 slight streaks, then reduced to a line, inwardly oblique and dentate 

 on vein 1 ; a small spot on middle of costa ; a prominent V-shaped 

 discoidal mark ; the postmedial line indistinct, minutely dentate, 

 arising from a spot on costa, bent outwards below costa, angled on 

 veins 6 and 4, then oblique ; a spot on costa before apex, and traces 

 of an irregular line across apical area ; a terminal series of points. 

 Hind wing fuscous brown, with traces of discoidal spot. 



Hub. China, Shanghai (J. J. WaU-er), 1 c? , 1 ? type. Exj). 

 24 millim. 



*836. Siccia interspersa. (Plate XXIX. fig. 27.) 



Sorocostia inters2:)ersa, Lucas, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) iv. p. 1076 

 (1890) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 377. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous ; basal jointof antennae and 

 a patch behind it yellow ; anal tuft yellowish. Fore wing yellowish 

 grey ; the base irrorated with black, bounded by a dentate subbasal 

 line ; an antemedial slightly dentate black line, the area beyond it 

 strongly irrorated with fuscous ; a prominent discoidal black lunule 

 expanding towards lower angle of cell ; a strongly dentate post- 

 medial line bent outwards from below costa to vein 2, and with 

 slight fuscous patches beyond it below costa, at middle, and above 



