8 INSECUTOR INSCITI/T; mknstruus 



light yellow; veins stout, yellowish brown, the cord darkest. 

 Venation normal for this subgenus. Abdominal segments 

 brown, the caudal and lateral margins of the tergites broadly yel- 

 low; ovipositor yellow, the tergal valves elongated, strongly up- 

 curved. 



Holotype, 9 , Luzon, Philippine Islands. 



Paratype, 9 , with the type. 



Type in the collection of Mr. Banks. 



A NOTE ON CISTHENE 



{Lepidoptera, Lithosiidce) 

 By HARRISON G. DYAR 



Hampson treated this genus in 1900, in Volume II of the 

 Catalogue Lepidoptera Phalsenae. In his supplementary vol- 

 ume, published in 1914, he places Ruscido arida Skinner and 

 Cisthene major Rothschild as synonyms of C. menea Drury, 

 recognizes C. argentinensis Rothschild and C. triplaga Hamp- 

 son, and omits all mention of C. criton Druce and C. hodeva 

 Druce, doubtless because these last two species were incor- 

 rectly referred to this genus and family. 



Hampson's table contains some inaccuracies. It may be 

 amended and the new species added as follows : 



Fore wing with mesial orange band. 



Subterminal band broken into two patches. 



Large, stout species; median band broad ruRcoUis Hiibner 



Small, slender species; median band narrow, 



argentinensis Rothschild 

 Subterminal band entire. 



Subterminal band wide on costa, cutting across apex and 

 parallel to outer margin below. 

 Orange band on hind wing broad, half of wing or more, 



menea Drury 

 Hind wing black with narrow orange band, 



cynossema Druce 

 Subterminal band slender, lunate, uniform. 



A yellow subcostal ray on fore wing lunaris Walker 



No yellow subcostal ray mouon Dyar 



