200 NOCTUID^. 



1682. Hadena mediana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 332 ; C.$S. no. 1776. 



Ochreous white. Abdomen slightly fuscous. Fore wing irrorated 

 with dark scales ; a black subbasal line ; minutely dentate ante- 

 and postmedial lines, the former oblique, the latter excurved beyond 

 the cell, the area between them brown, with the orbicular and 

 reniform grey and conjoined ; a marginal series of dark specks. 

 Hind wing fuscous ; the cilia whitish. Underside with cell-spot 

 and postmedial series of specks ; both wings with marginal series 

 of specks. 



Hah. Simla. Exp. 34 millim. 



1683. Hadena elwesi, n. sp. 



S . Violaceous grey, variegated with black. Fore wing with the 

 medial area darkest ; double subbasal and antemedial waved black 

 lines ; the orbicular, reniform, and a spot below the cell grey, the 

 first with a black speck at centre ; the postmedial line crenulate ; 

 the submarginal irregular line ill-defined ; a marginal series of black 

 specks. Abdomen and hind wing dark fuscous, the latter with the 

 base of cilia pale. Underside with cell-spot and postmedial line. 



Hah. Sikhim, 10,000 feet {Elwes). Exp. 36 millim. Type in 

 coll. Elwes. . 

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Sect. II. Fore wing rather longer and narrower. 

 A. Antennae of male minutely ciliated. 



1684. Hadena dissecta, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 656 ; Moore, Zep. Ceyl in, 



pi. 146, fig. 7 ; C.$S. no. 2143. 



Head and thorax dark brown. Abdomen fuscous, pale at ex- 

 tremity. Tore wing dark brown ; the veins ochreous ; the sub- 

 basal, ante- and postmedial double lines ochreous, the second 

 curved, the last angled beyond the cell and met by a streak from 

 apex ; an ochreous doubly-curved submarginal line. Hind wing 

 fuscous brown. 



Hah. Sikhim ; Ceylon. Exp. 45 millim. 



1685. Hadena costigera, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 350; C. $ 8. no. 2022. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown; palpi dark at sides. 

 Fore wing grey-brown, suffused with black and reddish brown ; 

 a broad pinkish-white costal fascia from the base to postmedial 

 line ; subbasal, ante- and postmedial waved double black lines, 

 the last incurved at vein 3; orbicular and reniform grey, with 

 whitish edges ; claviform almost obsolete ; the submarginal line 

 pale, angled below the costa and with some dark marks on each 

 side of it. Hind wing whitish ; the outer area suffused with 

 fuscous. 



Hah. N.W. Himalayas ; Khasis. Exp. 42 millim. 



