. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 44G NOCTUIDJE. yellowish white between veins 6 and 3 \vith some black scales on its outer edge, then almost obsolete and incurved, with a black spot on it at inner margin and silvery bine mark before it on vein 2, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line slight and silvery white from below vein 4 to above vein 1, slightly waved and angled inwards at vein 2, a fine white line beyond it on termen ; some silvery blue scales on termen from apex to the white line ; cilia red-brown, greyish at tips. Hind wing yellowi
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 44G NOCTUIDJE. yellowish white between veins 6 and 3 \vith some black scales on its outer edge, then almost obsolete and incurved, with a black spot on it at inner margin and silvery bine mark before it on vein 2, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line slight and silvery white from below vein 4 to above vein 1, slightly waved and angled inwards at vein 2, a fine white line beyond it on termen ; some silvery blue scales on termen from apex to the white line ; cilia red-brown, greyish at tips. Hind wing yellowish white slightly irrorated with brown, except on inner area ; postmedial and subterminal black striae from inner margin ; a terminal series of brown strife ; cilia white, brownish at apex ; the underside yellowish wliite, the costal half irrorated with red-brown, a brown discoidal spot with diffused bar above it from costa and a maculate postmedial line incurved below vein 3. Hah. W. China, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 cJ : Sikhim, 5000-10,000' {Dii(l(/eo)i, PlJcher), 1 c?, 1 5 type. Ex^). 3ij-42 millim. Genus LEUCOGONIA, nov. Type, L. eceirci. Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect to well beyond frons, the 2nd joint mther broadly scaled, the 3rd rather long, dilated at extremity and down- turned ; frons with small trimcate conical corneous prominence at middle aud corneous plate below it; eyes large, round; antennse of male almost simple; thorax clothed with hair mixed with some scales and without crests; tibiae moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen clothed with rough hair towards base and with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing broadly triangular, the apex rounded, the tei-men oblique, nearly straight; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the inner margin long ; veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosi
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