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Show 1881.] NOCTURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 339 L E U C A N I A CANARAICA, n. sp. Female. Fore wing pale whitish ochreous; veins whiter, with narrow ochreous-brown lines between each vein ; an indistinct marginal row of minute black dots : hind wing white. Underside uniformly paler. Front of thorax banded with ochreous; palpi at sides and fore legs above brownish-ochreous. Expanse 1 inch. Hab. Canara, S. India {Ward). In coll. F. Moore. LEUCANIA UNIFORMIS, n. sp. Fore wing ochreous-brown, with chestnut-brown streaks between the veins; all the veins ochreous-white; an indistinct discal series of black spots, a spot below the cell, and a marginal row of dots: hind wing ochreous-white, veins and marginal line brownish. Underside pale ochreous-white, suffused with pale brown ; a marginal row of black spots. Body pale, and legs ochreous-brown. Expanse lg inch. Hab. N.W. Himalaya. In coll. F. Moore. LEUCANIA PROMINENS, n. sp. Fore wing pale pinkish ochreous-brown, with a brighter chestnut-brown fascia extending from base through the cell and below the apex ; the base of the costal border and obliquely below the apex whitish ochreous ; costal and median veins white, the latter most prominent; an indistinct costal dot and a few speckles near the apex, a discal series of black points, and a marginal row of black dots: hind wing pale brown, veins darker, with a dusky discocellular spot. Cilia pale ochreous. Underside pale pinkish ochreous: fore wing with the discal area from the base dusky brown ; some black costal speckles and a marginal row of dots; hind wing with black-speckled marginal row of dots and a large discocellular spot. Expanse ly^inch. HaB. Darjiling ; Cherra (Austen). In coll. F. Moore. LEUCANIA GRISEOFASCIATA, n. sp. Fore wing very pale yellowish ochreous, with a pale reddish-ochreous fascia extending from the base to exterior margin, and including a brownish-grey fascia below the cell ; median vein and its middle branch white, the upper branch also greyish white ; a black-speckled spot at lower end of cell, a black streak below base of the cell; a few black speckles along base of costal border, about the disk and hind border, and a slightly distinct series across the disk ; a marginal row of slight black dots ; cilia brownish: hind wing'pale ochreous-brown, palest at the base. Thorax fringed with black and grey in front; base of abdomen with white hairs; palpi at the side and legs above black-speckled. Expanse ly3^ inch. HaB. Dalhousie, N . W . Himalaya. In coll. F. Moore. |