SICCIA. 



395 



then very oblique; an indistinct irregularly sinuous subterminal 

 line with diffused spots on it on and below costa; a terminal series 

 of points. Hind wing brown. 



Hah. Japan, 1 $ type f ia Coll. Leech. Exp. 20 millim. 



840. Siccia nilgirica. 



Mm.ene nilgirica, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 51, pi. 140. f. 1 (1891) ; 

 id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 92 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 368. 



Head and thorax grey, irrorated with black ; palpi and fore legs 

 blackish ; abdomen fuscous, the anal tuft grey. Fore wing grey, irro- 

 rated with black ; a subbasal bla(;k spot on costa ; an obliqiie ante- 

 medial series of four points with a spot beyond them in cell ; a medial 

 point on costa ; a discoidal point ; a postmedial series of points, 

 bent outwards below costa, somewhat angled at veins 6 and 4, then 

 oblique, and with irregular marks beyond it on costal area and at 

 middle; a terminal series of points. Hind wing pale fuscous. 



Hob. NiLGiEi rLATEATJ, 70U0 feet {Hampson), 1 c? , 1 § type ; 

 Java, Arjuno {Doherty), 1 S - Exp. 20 millim. 



Subsp. 1, cinereicolor, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 61, pi. 140. f. 8 

 (1891) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 368. 



Head, thorax, and fore Aving much more strongly irrorated with 

 dark brown ; the last with the markings stronger ; the antemedial 

 punctiform line someAvhat angled on median nervure. 



Hah. China, Shanghai, 1 S ; JSTiLoipas, ;-)000 feet (Hampson), 

 2 (S , type ; Ceylon, Puttalam, Hambantota (Pole), 2 § . 



841. Siccia stigmatias, n. sp. (Plate XXIX. fig. 9.) 



Head and thorax white ; palpi and antennae black ; legs fuscous 

 and brownish ; abdomen fuscous black, the anal tuft yellowish white. 

 Fore wing white ; the costal edge black towards base ; a small 

 subbasal spot on costa, and large spot in and below cell ; an ante- 

 medial spot on costa, a large round spot in cell, and a point below 

 the submedian fold ; a point at middle of costa ; a round discoidal 

 spot with small triangular spot on costa above it ; a subterminal 

 spot on costa, small spot above vein 5, and triangular spot at tornus ; 

 a terminal seiies of striae and spots on cilia at apex and middle. 

 Hind wing fuscous, with indistinct discoidal spot. 



Hah. Sangik {Dohertt/), 1 J , 1 $ type. Exp. 22 millim. 



*842. Siccia seriata, n. sp. (Plate XXIX. fig. 10.) 



5 . Head and thorax grey-Avhite ; tegulae, patagia, and meta- 

 thorax with black points ; abdomen fuscous, with ochreous anal 

 tuft. Fore wing grey-white, with five black spots on costa ; a 

 subbasal black point ; ante- and postmedial black points beloAV costa ; 

 a series of five spots between middle of cell and termen, the spots 

 at middle and end of cell larger ; a series of four spots in submedian 



