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Show 1881.] NOCTURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 335 Allied to L. decissima, Walker ; may be distinguished from it by having a linear discoidal streak much more clearly defined, the two basal black streaks, and by the cilia of fore wing being distinctly lined. LEUCANIA PENICILLATA, n. sp. Fore wing pale greyish ochreous, with a dusky-brown suffused fascia from the base through the cell to apex, and extending obliquely from below the apex along the exterior margin, the oblique interspace from the apex whitish; external veins whitish ; a prominent, short, white, black-bordered terminally-bent streak at lower end of the cell; a black streak below base of the cell, and another below snbmedian vein; costal border slightly black-speckled; some indistinct black dots disposed across the disk, and a marginal row of black points ; cilia with brown lines: hind wing greyish brown, whitish at the base, the veins darker, and with an indistinct discocellular darker lunular spot ; cilia white, with a brown line. Thorax and collar speckled with black and grey; palpi and legs black-speckled ; male with a black tuft at the base of abdomen beneath. Expanse ly^- inch. HaB. Solun, Punjab; Dalhousie (N.W. India). In coll. F. Moore. Allied to L. Bistrigata. LEUCANIA MODESTA, n. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 11.) Male and Female. Fore wing pale ochreous, external area below the apex slightly darker, with an antemedian transverse indistinct sinuous black line, a postmedian series of points, and marginal row of black dots: hind wing pale brownish-ochreous and yellow along the costal border, with an indistinct darker discocellular lunular spot and marginal spots. Tegulae very slightly black-speckled. Expanse l\ inch. HaB. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. LEUCANIA LINEATIPES, n. sp. Male. Fore wing pale ochreous, with a distinct straight white line along the median vein from the base to the outer margin, a brown fascia extending below the cell; a black discocellular spot at lower end of the cell, four or five points across the disk, and a marginal row of minute dots *. hind wing pale brownish ochreous, outer border slightly darker, and with indistinct minute black dots below the apical margin. Front of head and palpi darker and brighter ochreous-brown; legs in front with a brown longitudinal streak. Allied to L. impura. Expanse, 3 lT 3o> 2 h\inch- HaB. Cherra Punji, E. Bengal. In coll. F. Moore. LEUCANIA ADUSTA, n. sp. Male and Female. Fore wing ochreous-yellow; median and sub- |