LISI' OF LEPnX)PTERA OF THE ISLANDS TANEG/VSIITMA AND YAKl'SBIMA. 199 



Shiiaethtsl^}) alhifascialis. u. sp. 

 (PI. III. fig. 9.) 



J. He:ul aud thorax fnlvous spriuklcd witli wliitisli. Palpi -wliito, second 

 joint with basal and snbsipical fulvous browu bands, terminal joint mixed with 

 fulvous browu. Autonuiü white ringed with black. Abdomen dark fuscous 

 tinged with fulvous. Posterior tibiEB fnlvous brown in-orated with white, tarsi 

 white, first aud second joints witli subapical fulvous brown rings, two apical 

 joints fulvous brown. Forewings ti'iangular, costa moderately arched, apex 

 rather obtuse, termen slightly sinuous ; fuscous brown tinged with ferruginous 

 especially on terminal area ; basal area orange ochreous, defined on each side 

 by a shade of white iiToration ; a white streak on discocellulars ; postmedial 

 line white defined by dark fuscous on inner side below middle, double towards 

 costa, excurved at middle, then incuiTed and slightly waved; cilia red-brown, 

 tips \\hitish, with a Ijlackish line at base, tinged with blackish at apex, at 

 middle and at t^ruus. Hindwings dark fuscons, traces of subterminal line 

 near tornus ; cilia red-brown, tips whitish, blackish line at base. 



Expanse 13 mm, 



A male taken by me at Nishinoomote, Tauegashima, June 10, 1919. 



Another male taken at Miyanom'a, Yakushima, July 12, 1918. 



Fam. Plutellidae- 



Pint ell a mac a llpei in is. 



N. g. nmciHipennis Cuius, Guide, p. 186 (1831). 



Cerosioma maculipcnnis Curtis, Brit. Ent. pi. 420 (explanation p. 2) (1832) ; 



Steph. 111. Brit. Ent. Hauit. IV. p. 342; Wals, aud Diut. Ent. Mou. 



Mag. 1897, p. 173 ; Rebel, Cat. Lep. pal. p. 137. 

 Cerostoma annulaklhis Wood, Ind. Ent. pi. 49, 1517 (1839). 

 Plvtella cnidfcrarum Zell. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1843, p. 281. 

 Fhdella xylosttlla Stand, et Wocke, Cat. p. 281 (1871). 



A male taken by me at Noma, Tanegashima, June 14, 1914. 



Local disti'ibution. Hokkaido ; Honshiu ; Kiushiu. 



General distribution. Japan ; Siberia ; Europe. 



