26. BRIARDA PLAGIFERA, n. s. _Mas._ Ferrugineo-cinerea; capite thoraceque antico nigricantibus; tibiis ciliatis; alis sat angustis subdenticulatis, anticarum fascia basali, macula discali maculaque costali exteriore nigricantibus, lineis exteriore et submarginali fuscis duplicatis denticulatis subnebulosis; alis posticis pallide cinereis, semihyalinis, fusco latissime marginatis. _Male._ Cinereous, tinged with ferruginous. Head and fore part of the thorax blackish. Palpi obliquely ascending; third joint linear, conical at the tip, about half the length of the second. Antennae hardly setose. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs rather stout; tibiae fringed; spurs very long. Wings rather narrow, slightly denticulated. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, very oblique along the exterior border; a blackish band near the base, abbreviated hindward; a large blackish spot on the reniform mark, and a diffuse blackish spot near the tip of the costa; exterior and submarginal lines brown, double, denticulated, with the space along their borders somewhat clouded. Hind wings pale cinereous, semihyaline, with very broad brown borders. Length of the body 9 lines; of the wings 22 lines. Fam. CATEPHIDAE, _Guenee_. Gen. STEIRIA, _Walk._ 27. STEIRIA PHRYGANEOIDES, n. s. _Mas._ Pallide cinerea, rufescente conspersa; palpis longis vix ascendentibus; alis sat angustis denticulatis; alarum anticarum squamis nonnullis nigris fuscisque, marginibus exteriore et interiore non conspersis, reniformi magna; alis posticis pallide cinereis, fusco late marginatis. _Male._ Pale cinereous, thickly speckled with ferruginous red. Palpi long, hardly ascending, almost straight; third joint linear, obtuse at the tip, rather shorter than the second. Antennae bare. Abdomen conical, extending rather beyond the hind wings; apical tuft small. Legs rather long and slender, almost bare; spurs very long. Wings rather narrow; exterior border denticulated. Fore wings with the speckles mostly confluent in the disk, mostly wanting along the interior and exterior borders; several black and brown speckles, some of which border the large reniform mark. Hind wings pale cinereous, with a broad brown border. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 20 lines. Fam. OPHIDERIDAE, _Guenee_. Gen. OPHIDERES, _Boisduval_. 28. Ophideres Salaminia, _Cram. Pap. Exot._ 71. 117, pl. 174. fig. A. Inhabits also Hindostan, Ceylon, Java, and China. 29. Ophideres discrepans, _Walk. Cat. Lep. Het._ xiii. 1227. 30. Ophideres smaragdipicta, _Walk. Cat. Lep. Het._ xiii. 1229. Fam. PHYLLODIDAE, _Guenee_. Gen. LYGNIODES, _Guenee_. 31. Lygniodes endoleuca, _Guen. Noct._ iii. 124. Inhabits also Java. Fam. EREBIDAE, _Guenee_. Gen. SYPNA, _Guenee_. 32. Sypna subsignata, _Walk. Cat. Lep. Het._ xiv. 1261. Fam. OMMATOPHORIDAE, _Guenee_. Gen. PATULA, _Guenee_. 33. Patula macrops, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 225 (Noctua). Inhabits also West and South Africa, Madagascar, Hindostan, and Ceylon.