( ;^88 ) 



cell-spol ; .second line ;it two-thirds, bluullv angled below oosta and forming a strong 

 acute angle below vein 4 ; the line is preceded by a blackish suffusion, especially 

 towards costa; three blackish costal spots before apex ; veins obscurely marked with 

 pale and dark ; submarginal line very faint, indicated by j)ale spots, one larger and 

 more distinct towards anal angle ; marginal line black, crt-nulate, interrupted by a 

 small pale dot at ends of veins ; fringe grey. 



Hlndwinfjs : pale grey, darker towards margin; a distinct regulai-ly waved dark 

 l)ostmcdian line, with traces of a central line ; veins dotted dark and pale. 



Underside duller grey, with the markings indistinct. l'"ace and palpi black ; 

 thorax and abdomen dark grey. 



Expanse of wings : 4.5 mm. 



One 6 from Kumaon (Pilcher /'','/.). 



138. Xanthorhoe farinata sp. no v. 



Forewiiirjs: grey, with very fine dark irroration ; the lines blackish; first near 

 base, angled in cell and preceded by a finer line ; second line beyond one-third, 

 angled on the subco.stal, then oblique inwards and waved to inner margin before 

 middle, followed by a similar finer line, the two marked with black on the median ; 

 outer line at two-thii-ds, angled on vein 0, bidentate below median, then incurved and 

 wavy, preceded by a similar finer line ; submarginal line pale grey, denticulate, with 

 a darker grey shade on both sides ; fringe grey, slightly mottled with dark, with no 

 dark basal line ; in the pale spaces before and beyond the central fascia, and in that 

 fascia itself, traces can be seen of darker transverse lines; the space between the 

 double lines forming the edges of the central fascia is filled up with blackish from 

 the costa to the angulation. 



Jliudvnnfjs : paler gi-ey, with traces of a sinuate still ])aler submarginal fascia 

 with a dark line through it. 



Underside grey, with the outer line blackish. Head, thorax, and abdomen all 

 grey ; forelegs blackish, with white joints. 



Expanse of wings : 26 mm. 



Two SS from Wellington, New Zealand. 



This insect has a somewhat furry apjiearance ; the costa is slight!}- shouldered at 

 about one-sixth from the base. Distinguished fiom cincrearia Dbld. and semisignnUi 

 Wlk., first by the uniform coloration of the wings, the veins of which are never 

 dotted and spotted with dark and light ; and, secondly, by the entire absence of a 

 dark basal line to the fringes. In cinere'irln Dbld., which is smaller, the basal line 

 consists of pairs of black dots; in seraisif/naia Wik., which is a larger species, the 

 veins are strongly dotted, and the fringe-line consists of black dashes. 



lo'J. Xanthorhoe pei-viridis sp. nov. 



Fweivini/s : dark greyish green, suffused with dull jiurjile; the first and second 

 lines, at one-third and two-thirds respectively, double and sinuous, the whole wing 

 crossed In- fine wavy dark lines which are only distinct as dark spots on the veins, 

 giving the wings a reticulated ajjpearance ; fringe concolorons ; marginal line formed 

 of small black iuterruijted dashes. 



H iiiiJ wings : dark fuscous grey, becoming .slightly mfous towards base; traces 

 oi a paler double submarginal line towards anal angle. 



