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Show 1881.] NOCTURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 349 Fam. CARADRINID^E. Genus C A R A D R I N A , Ochs. C A R A D R I N A A R E N A C E A , n. sp. Fore wing pale greyish ochreous, with an indistinct transverse sinuous brown line and three discal lines, the outer line bordered below the apex with ochreous-yellow; reniform spot brownish, speckled with white and ochreous-yellow ; a small indistinct brown orbicular spot; some black short streaks on the costa, and a marginal row of dentate points : hind wing whitish ochreous, with pale-brown border. Body whitish ochreous; thorax with a few blackish speckles ; palpi blackish laterally, white at tip; fore and middle legs with blackish speckles and tarsal bands. Expanse 1 y^ inch. Hab. Masuri {Lang), Darjiling. In coll. F. Moore and Dr. Staudinger. CARADRINA DELECTA, n.sp. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 15.) Fore wing pale greyish ochreous, with an indistinct black-speckled subbasal and three median transverse sinuous lines, and an outer discal row of points; a submarginal transverse straight pale line ; orbicular and reniform spots black-speckled: hind wing ochreous-white. Body ochreous-grey; palpi and legs above brown-speckled. Expanse 1 g inch. Hab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. Allied to C. kadeni. DADICA, n. g. Male. Fore wing with straight costa; apex acute; exterior margin short, slightly oblique and convex ; posterior margin long ; first subcostal branch emitted at one half from the cell, second at one fourth before its end, trifurcate, fifth from end of the cell, curved upward and touching third near its base; cell narrow ; discocellular short, concave; radial from upper end of cell; lower radial and upper median branch from angles above end of the cell, second from angle at its end, third at one third before its end. Hind wing short, triangular; cell short; subcostal vein fringed with plumose scales to end of the cell; two subcostal branches from end of the cell; discocellular bent beyond the middle, radial from below the angle; two upper median branches from end of the cell. Body long, somewhat slender, with a large anal tuft; palpi porrect, second joint long, squamose, third joint short; legs pilose beneath ; antennae setose. Allied to the genus Radinacra, Butler, Types of Lep. Het. B. M . ii. p. 26. DADICA LINEOSA, n. sp. Fore wing brownish ochreous, with a transverse slightly curved subbasal and a discal narrow brown line, a less distinct basal waved line, a median fascia, and a waved submarginal line; a white reniform spot: hind wing pale vinous-brown, with pale ochreous apical |