1893,] SPECIES OF MOTHS FROM INDIA. 423 



paler, sometimes qiiite whitish. Underside pale grej^ clouded with 

 darker, the $ very much more so than the S , especially at the 

 apex of the fore wings ; with the central spot and 2nd line of both 

 wings distinct, dark grey, much more strongly marked than on the 

 upper surface ; the front wings also showing the basal line, but 

 not so distinct as the other. 



Expanse of wings, S 30, $ 28 millim. 



Hab. Sikkim. 



Eather a fragile species, and easily distinguished by the decidedly 

 different coloration of the sexes. 



[I have a long series of this species, which varies a good deal, 

 and seems common in Julv and August at elevations of 7000 to 

 11,000 or 12,000 feet in Si"kldm.— F. /. E.] 



AmCHAJTNA BIQUADEATA, Sp. n. 



(S . Fore wings olivaceous grey, mottled with dark-brown trans- 

 verse strigse ; markings broNvnish black, interrupted throughout by 

 the veins, which are distinctly paler than the ground-colour ; 1st 

 line broad, double, forming a small costal blotch, 2 small blotches 

 near the base of the cell, the inner one rounded, the outer quadrate ; 

 2 oblong blotches between the median and submedian and 2 small 

 quadrate blotches between the latter and the inner margin ; cell- 

 spot large, subquadrate, conspicuous; 2nd line veiy broad, double, 

 forming a small dark blotch on the costa; 2, contiguous, immediately 

 beneath it, and a large subquadrate blotch beyond and almost 

 touching the cell-spot, becoming brolcen up and more indistinct 

 towards the inner margin ; its outer edge is followed by indistinct 

 and interrupted whitish strigae ; subterminal line interrupted, fine, 

 whitish, most distinct beneath the costa, whei'e it is preceded by a 

 somewhat ill-defined blackish blotch ; fringes mottled dark and 

 light olive, with a pale basal line, preceded by a row of black 

 flattened spots between the veins. Hind wings whitish grey, with 

 a dark discal spot, and faint indications of darlver bands (one 

 discal, the other submarginal) and a row of dark spots before the 

 fringes, which are paler. Head, thorax, and abdomen dull dark 

 olive. Underside : fore wings dull grey, with scarcely any markings ; 

 hind wings more ochreous, with distinct fuscous mottlings and 

 dark discal spot and central band. 



Eesembles plagifera, Moore, but duller in colour ; distinguished 

 at once by the absence of the pale oblique apical streak in the fore 

 wings, and the large dark discal blotch. 



Hah. Sikkim. 



[Taken by myself on Tonglo in July. — H. J. E.'] 



AmCHA^TNA MAEGINATA, Sp. n. 



S . Fore wings whitish ochreous, shining ; dusted with darker 

 atoms, and largely suffused with olive fascia3 ; a dark olive trans- 

 verse streak near the base ; basal area bounded by a fine curved 

 silvery line, followed by a broad curved olive fascia, containing 



