510 EXOTIC JllCnOLEPlDOrTEKA. 



(l;irk fuscous spots on costa posteriorly, in 5 indistinct, a subcostal 

 dark fuscous streak or some undefined short lines beneath these; 

 an irreguhir dark fuscous spot in disc at ^, in $ suffused and less 

 distinct ; veins beyond cell more or less lined brownish, especially 

 in 5 ; some brown suffusion along dorsum posteriorly ; two or 

 tliree small black dots near ternien above tornus, and one towards 

 apex, sometimes also one or two others, and three minute specks on 

 upper part of termen : cilia whitish, towards apex and tornus 

 suffused dark grey, on termen a basal feliade in J dark grey, in 

 5 chestnut-brown. Hindwings 3 and 4 connate; grey, rather 

 tiiinly scaled, veins darker grey ; cilia Avhitish-grey, towards base 

 greyer. Hindwings beneath in (^ with dorsum thickened with 

 rather rough darker grey scales. 



China, Shanghai ; 3 ex. (Coll. Joannis). Closely related to 

 melaiiaula, but cT characters of hindwings quite different ; eliitana 

 Kenn., which I have not seen, is probably an allied species. 



Eucosma atelosticta, o. sp. 



$. 14-15 mm. Head yellow-ochreous. Palpi yellow- whitish, 

 base and apex of second joint, and terminal joint (nearly concealed 

 in hairs of second) dark bluish- fuscous. Thorax yellow-ochreous 

 strigulated dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather dilated, costa 

 slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly sinuate beneath apex, 

 little oblique; yellow-ochreous, deeper towards costa posteriorly; 

 costa with oblique blackish wedge-shaped marks throughout, last 

 four followed by whitish marks ; wing from base up to and 

 including central fascia strigulated dark iuscous, fascia partially 

 suff'used dark grey, moderate, oblique, narrow on costa, angulated 

 in middle ; a blue-leaden striga from beyond middle of costa to 

 near termen beneath apex ; ocellus surrounded by a broken leaden- 

 metallic ring, containing two or three minute blackish dots, above 

 it a very fine interrupted blackish line : cilia pale ochreous- 

 yellowish, a blackish basal line interrupted beneath apex and above 

 termen, tips grey round apex. Hindwings 3 and 4 very short- 

 stalked ; dark grey ; cilia whitish, becoming greyish on lower part 

 of termen and dorsum, a dark grey subbasal line. 



Chika, Shanghai ; 2 ex. (Coll. Joannis). 



Eucosma meridaspis, n. sp. 

 (5' 5 . 14-15 ram. Head whitish. Palpi yellow-whitish, base 

 and apex of second joint, and terminal joint bluish-grey. Thorax 

 ochreous-whitish strigulated dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 rather dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly 

 sinuate beneath apex, hardly oblique ; dark fuscous from base to 

 central fascia suflfusedly striated transversely ycllow-wbitish, on 

 costa with white strigulas ; central fascia rather narrow, dark 

 fuscous more or less strigulated yellowish, oblique, angulated in 

 middle ; beyond this costa dark fuscous with a pair of white 



