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LEUCANIID^. 
Leucania mediofusca. (Plate CXLIV. fig. 9.) 
Expanse 1 ii^ch. 
Male. Fore wing : aj^ex blunt, outer margin rounded ; long erect oclireous hairs along 
the submedian nervure on the underside of fore wing ; veins whitish ; two diffused fuscous 
streaks, one from base above and below median nervure extending to outer margin above the 
second median nervule, the other from outer margin along the submedian nervure ending in a 
dark speck at the lobe of the inner margin. Hind wing oclireous white. Underside ochreous 
white, with some dusky streaks along the veins of fore wing. Head and thorax pinkish 
grey ; abdomen whitish. 
Differs from any other species in the possession of the long erect hairs on the submedian 
nervure on underside of fore wing. 
Leucania stramen. (Plate CXLIV. fig. 2.) 
Expanse £ inch. 
Male. Fore wing : the apex blunt, outer margin rounded ; pale straw-coloured ; median 
nervure white, with a small black S2:)eck below it close to the origin of first median nervule, 
and a small dark patch at its termination ; an indistinct oblique streak from the apex to 
second discoidal nervule, with three black specks in a line with it to inner margin. Hind 
wing white, straw-coloured along apical portion of outer margin. Underside of fore wing 
white, very pale straw-colour along costa and outer margin ; a black speck on costa three 
fourths from base ; a diffused dark patch beyond end of cell. Antennse, head, and thorax 
pale straw-colour; abdomen whitish. 
Nearest to L. polemusa, but straw-coloured and without the basal black streak or median 
fuscous one. 
Leucania albivitta. (Plate CXLIV. fig. 16.) 
Expanse 1^ inch. 
Female. Fore wing : the apex blunt, the outer margin rounded ; ruddy brown, the veins 
paler ; an indistinct black transverse streak below the middle of the median nervure ; a 
prominent white streak at its extremity ; a waved black fascia from the costa three fourths 
from base to inner margin two thirds from base. Hind wing emarginate at discoidal nervule ; 
fuscous. Cilia of both wings ochreous at base, fuscous at extremities. Underside smoky 
pearly grey ; a dark antecilial line ; disc of fore wing dusky ; hind wing with a dark lunule at 
end of cell, and traces of a series of postmedial specks. Head and thorax ruddy ; abdomen 
fuscous. 
A very distinct species. 
