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verse subbasal recurved line, a cliscal transverse lunular line (crossed near posterior angle by a 
short streak), some short costal marks, and a streak on cilia between each vein, brown: hind 
wing glossy greyish- white, outer borders and veins pale greyish-brown. Thorax and abdomen 
dark grey. Antennae grey. Underside greyish-white : fore wing with greyish-brown costal 
streaks and hinder margin : hind wing with brown basal costal streak and discocellular spot. 
Palpi brown at sides. Legs grey, femur tipped, tibia longitudinally streaked, and tarsi banded 
Avith black. 
Expanse 1 T 3 7 inch. 
Sab. — Karghalik, May 29th, 1874. 
Nearest allied to A. tridens, but differs in being darker; the markings are somewhat 
similar, but the basal longitudinal streak is shorter, which gives a wider interspace between 
the two transverse lines. 
Family — AP AMID AS. 
34. IIvDHiECiA tieetana. Plate I, fig 21. 
llydracia iibetana, Moore, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1878, p. 232. 
Male. Fore wing pale reddish- testaceous, crossed by two pale brow narrow lines with pale 
inner border, the first line subbasal and outwardly oblique, the other discal ; a submarginal 
row of blackish dots and pale marginal line ; orbicular and reniform marks indistinctly defined 
by a brown border : hind wing and abdomen paler. Underside palest on middle of wings, 
discal line on both tvings and discocellular spot on hind wing slightly perceptible. Antenna, 
palpi, and fore legs reddish-testaceous. 
Expanse 1 T S 7 inch. 
Sab. — Leh, September 1st, 1873. 
35. Mamestra canescens. Plate I, fig. 13. 
Mamestra canescens, Moore, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1878, p. 233. 
Male. Fore wing brownish-grey : orbicular and reniform marks greyish-white with narroAv 
black border ; a short double black streak below the base of the cell, and a quadrate mark 
below the orbicular spot ; an indistinct pale submarginal irregular fascia and black marginal 
lunular fine Avith whitish inner border : hind wing pale greyish-brown. Antenna? brown. 
Underside glossy pale greyish-brown, each wing with indistinct short transverse discocellular 
streak. 
Expanse If inch. 
Sab. — Karghalik, Eastern Turkestan, May 30th, 1874. 
36. Mamestra BRAssiciE. 
Phal. noct. brassicce, Linn., Syst. Nat. i, p. 516. 
Sab. — Srinagar, Kashmir, August 9th. 
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