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171. Paracarea rubiginea spec. uov. 



?. Head and thorax bright red, abdomen reddish ochreons. Primary uniform 

 bright red, with a taint obliijne antoinedial line ; postmedial line faint, curved and 

 sliglitly waved ; a trace of a subtenuinal greyish shading ; two dark dots iu the 

 cell. Secondary reddish orange, with the base creamy ochreous. 



Expanse : 40 mm. 



Hab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where the species occurs in 

 Angnst. I have specimens also from the Kebea Range, in July. 



Subfamily QUADRIFINAE. 

 17-'. Catocala dinawa sjjec. nov. 



? . Head, thorax and abdomen grey. Primary grey, finely irrorated witli blackish ; 

 antemedial line obscured below the cell ; postmedial line strongly angled beyond 

 the cell, very deeply serrate, obscure below vein 5 ; a whitish irroration is on the 

 costa near both these lines. Secondary yellow, with a curved broad blackish 

 termen from the costa to the tornus, tapering rapidly below vein 4 ; a small white 

 terminal patch below the apex. 



Expanse : 07 mm. 



Hab. The type is in my cullection from Dinawa, where it was taken iu 

 August. 



Erygansa gen. nov. 



S. Palpi, second segment reaching vertex, heavily scaled ; third segment long, 

 smooth ; antennae of (J with very fine short bristles ; thorax and prothorax with a 

 large spreading tuft, metathorax smoothly scaled ; abdomen with slight tufts on 

 proximal segments, anal tuft moderately large ; legs with all the tibiae heavily 

 clothed with hair ; mid- and hindtibia spined ; hindtarsi fringed with long hair to 

 the end segment. Neuration : Primary, veins 3, 4 and .5 from close to the angle. 

 Secondary, veins 3 and 4 stall<ed, 5 from the angle ; ternicn of both wings 

 crenulate. 



Type : Enjgansa kebea B-B. 



173. Erygansa kebea spec. uov. 



3- Head and thorax brown, mottled with dark brown ; al)d<)mon dark grey. 

 Primary umber-brown, with the veins, except veins 1 and 12, broadly lined with 

 dark grey ; a short double basal pale line on the costa ; antemedial line double 

 and dark to abont vein 1 ; medial dark line double, interrnpted below the cell; 

 postmedial line dentate, produced outwards beyond the cell, beyond which are two 

 faint dentate lines ; a subterminal row of dark spots palely edged on the exterior ; 

 termen finely pale ; all the lines are somewhat difficult to trace. Secondary dark 

 grey, with the basal half jialer; fringes unevenly dark and pale alternately. 



Expanse : 48 mm. 



Hab. The type is in my collccti(jn, from the Kebea Range, where the species 

 occurs in March and April. 



174. Erygia avola spec. nov. 

 ?. Head and thorax brown, slightly rufous, barred with black; abdomen 

 brown, with tufts slightly reddisii. Primary brown, tinged with rufous ; base 

 dark margined by a double dark line ; medial line faint, slightly angled at each 



