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1808. Cuculia nigrifascia, n. sp. 



c? . Differs from albescens in the fore wing having the black 

 streak from base below median nervure more prominent ; the ante- 

 medial line more prominent and mnch less dentate ; a prominent 

 black band between the orbicular and reniform continued to near 

 inner margin ; short black streaks on outer area at middle and 

 above outer angle. Hind wing paler. 



Hab. Murree. Exp. 50 millim. Type in B. M. 



1809. Cuculia albipennis, n. sp. 



$ . Head and thorax white ; collar with a black band ; two black 

 spots on tegulse ; abdomen pale ochreous. Fore wing white, 

 slightly suffused with brown ; a black streak from base below 

 median nervure ; an antemedial black line excurved below cell and 

 angled inwards on vein 1 ; the orbicular and reniform with brown 

 centres and incomplete black edges ; a postmedial line angled out- 

 wards beyond cell ; some white specks on costa towards apex ; 

 traces of a submarginal line ; black streaks on outer area at middle 

 and above outer angle ; a series of black marginal specks. Hind 

 wing whitish, fuscous towards outer margin. 



Hab. Sultanpur, Kangra {Graham Young). Exp. 30 millim. 

 Type in coll. Leech. 



1810. Cuculia brevipennis, n. sp. 



Differs from albescens in the fore wing being shorter and broader ; 

 the colour paler ; the orbicular and reniform more prominent, the 

 former more rounded ; two subapical dark streaks and one near 

 middle of outer area. Hind wing with the basal area pale ochreous 

 in stead of semihyaline white. Underside of fore wing paler fuscous ; 

 hind wing uniformly pale, irrorated with brown. 



The Sikhim specimen has the hind wing whiter; the Naga 

 specimen has the stigmata indistinct. 



Hab. Subathu, N.~W. Himalayas (Harford)', Sikhim; Nagas. 

 Exp. 46 miUim. Type in B. M. 



1811. Cuculia stigmatophora, n. sp. 



<$ . Pale reddish ochreous ; collar with fine dark lines and a 

 black streak from shoulder; vertex of thorax dark red-brown. 

 Fore wing with the costal area suffused with rufous ; the pattern 

 as in albescens, but red-brown in colour ; the orbicular and reniform 

 obsolete, with a red-brown mark between them. Hind wing fuscous. 

 Underside pale, thickly irrorated with ochreous. 



Hab. Murree {Harford). Exp. 44 millim. Type in B. M. 



1812. Cuculia pullata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 358; C. Sf S. no. 1529. 

 2 • Differs from albescens in the hind wing being white, with a 



