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Show 1881.] NOCTURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 337 L E U C A N I A NAINICA, n. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 15.) Male and Female. Fore wing very pale reddish ochreous, palest along the veins; a few minute black speckles along the costal and posterior borders; median vein and its two upper branches white, bordered with a brown streak above and below the cell, a black spot at end of the cell, a transverse discal series of minute black points, and a marginal row of dots : hind wing slightly paler, outer margin suffused with brown ; cilia whitish. Thorax in front, palpi, and legs above brown-speckled. Expanse, 3 l~\, $ 1T 4 ? inch. HaB. Naini Tal, N.W. Himalaya. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. LEUCANIA ALBISTIGMA, n. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 9.) Female. Fore wing pale brownish ochreous, greyish along the costal border and obliquely below the apex; veins speckled with grey and brown, most prominently along the median and its branches ; an indistinct curved discal series of minute black points ; a small brown spot in middle of the cell, and a black streak extending through and beyond its end, which is crossed by a white discocellular spot; a slender black streak below end of the cell: hind wing ochreous-white ; veins lined with brownish ochreous. Thorax, palpi, and legs greyish ochreous, the palpi and legs brown-speckled ; abdomen ochreous-white. Expanse lT^j inch. HaB. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. LEUCANIA HOWRA, n. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 16.) Female. Fore wing pale brownish ochreous, greyish along base of the costa, below the apex, and below the cell; brown-speckled; veins ochreous-white, the subcostal branches and the median with its branches lined with brown to the discal black points; a brown line between all the veins, and a prominent black basal streak below the cell; a marginal row of minute black dots : hind wing ochreous-white ; veins brownish ochreous, some marginal black dots. Thorax, palpi, and legs greyish ochreous, speckled with brown; abdomen ochreous-white. Expanse l\ inch. Hab. Calcutta. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. LEUCANIA RUFISTRIGOSA, n. sp. Female. Near to L dharma. Fore wing pale yellowish ochreous, with a reddish-ochreous longitudinal fascia through the cell to apex, and extending paler obliquely below the apex ; ochreous-red incomplete lines between the veins ; an indistinct series of discal black points and a black spot below the cell; median vein and its two upper branches to the discal black points white bordered with black, the white very distinct and sharply defined for half length of the cell: hind wing and abdomen pale brown, with a slightly darker discocellular spot. Underside paler; fore wing with the costal border pale brown, the discoidal area and median veins dusky brown : |