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Show 1881.] NOCTURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 357 BERRH^A OLIVACEA, n. sp. Allied to B. megastigma; comparatively smaller : fore wing similarly marked, but with less prominent ochreous and black streaks, the submarginal zigzag ochreous line slender throughout its length, the orbicular and reniform marks slightly smaller : hind wing cupreous-brown, slightly paler at the base. Expanse, 3 If, $ 1 | inch. HaB. Darjiling. In coll. F. Moore and Dr. Staudinger. Genus HADENA, Treits. H A D E N A A D J U N C T A , n. sp. Fore wing purplish grey, crossed by a greyish-white-hordered, black, sinuous antemedian and a postmedian line, and a submarginal row of long black-bordered, grey, dentate marks ; a marginal black lunular line; orbicular and reniform spots black-lined ; a black zigzag streak at base of wing, and a distinct black forked bar below the cell joining the ante- and postmedian lines, below which the area is iron-grey : hind wing and abdomen pale brown. Thorax purple-grey, black- and white-speckled; first and second joints of palpi brown- and grey-speckled, third joint ochreous ; legs brown, grey-speckled, and with ochreous tarsal bands. Expanse If inch. HaB. Dalhousie, N . W . Himalaya. In coll. F. Moore. Near to the European H. satura. HADENA SIDERIFERA, n. sp. Fore wing brownish grey, crossed by a basal, antemedian, and a postmedian double zigzag black line, a submarginal sinuous pale yellowish line with black inner points, and a marginal row of minute black points; orbicular spot black-lined ; reniform spot composed of a large white quadrate spot, bordered at the upper and lower outer ends by two minute white spots, and on the inner side by a black pale-bordered line ; a quadrate black mark below the orbicular spot: hind wing greyish brown. Expanse 1§ inch. HaB. Solun, Punjab. In coll. F. Moore. Allied to H. albiflexura, Walker, and to H. constellata, Moore, from Darjiling. It also has much the appearance of Mamestra brassica?. Fam. XYLINID^E. Genus CUCULLIA, Ochs. CUCULLIA ALBESCENS, n. Sp. A smaller species than C. atkinsoni; fore wing paler brown, the grey more diffused through the middle of the wing: hind wing cinereous- white, with a very faint brownish marginal border. Underside much paler than C. atkinsoni, the hind wing almost uniformly white. Body greyer; legs grey above. Expanse If inch. Hab. Dalhousie, N . W . Himalaya. In coll. F. Moore. |