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verse subbasal recurved line, a discal 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 
with black. 
Expanse inch. 
Sab. —Karghalik, May 29th, 1874. 
Nearest allied to 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— APAMIBJE. 
34. Hydejecia tibetana. Plate I, fig 21. 
Hydrmcia iibetana, Moore, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1878, p. 233. 
Male. Eore wing pale reddish-testaceous, crossed by two pale brown narrow Knes 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 wings and discocellular spot on hind wing slightly perceptible. Antennae, 
palpi, and fore legs reddish-testaceous. 
Expanse ly^y inch. 
Sab. —Leh, September 1st, 1873. 
35. Mamestea canescens. Plate I, fig. 13. 
Mamestra canesoens, Moore, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1878, p. 233. 
Male. Eore wing brownish-grey; orbicular and reniform marks greyish-white with narrow 
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 line with whitish inner border: hind wing pale greyish-brown. Antennae brown. 
Underside glossy pale greyish-brown, each wing with indistinct short transverse discocellular 
streak. 
Expanse If inch. 
Sab. —Uarghalik, Eastern Turkestan, May 30th, 1874. 
36. Mamestea beassica:. 
PJial. met. hrassica, Linn., Syst. Nat. i, p, 516. 
Sab. —Srinagar, Kashmir, August 9th. 
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